Collection Citation
| Collection Title | High-Energy Cosmic Ray Event Data from the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory | ||
| Collection Creator/PI | Pierre Auger International Collaboration | ||
| Collection Sponsor | USDOE | ||
| Other Sponsors | National Science Foundation (NSF); The Grainger Foundation; ALFA-EC/HELEN; European Union Sixth Framework Program; UNESCO; Argentina; Australia; Brazil; Czech Republic; France; Germany; Italy; Mexico; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Slovenia; Spain; United Kingdom | ||
| Host Website | Colorado State University | ||
| Other Related Organizations | Pierre Auger Observatory; Fermilab | ||
| Main Content Type | Numeric Files/Datasets | ||
| Subject Categories | 72 - PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; 74 - ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; 79 - ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS | ||
| Keywords | Cosmic rays; High-energy particles; Protons; Electrons; Fly's Eye | ||
| Description | The Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory in Mendoza, Argentina is the result of an international collaboration funded by 15 countries and many different organizations. Its mission is to capture high-energy cosmic ray events or air showers for research into their origin and nature. The Pierre Auger Collaboration agreed to make 1% of its data available to the public. The “Public Event Explorer” is a search tool that allows users to browse or search for and display figures and data plots of events collected since 2004. The repository is updated daily, and, as of July, 2009, makes 14,055 events publicly available. The energy of a cosmic ray is measured in Exa electron volts or EeV. These event displays can be browsed in order of their energy level from 0.1 to 41.1 EeV. Each event has an individual identification number The event displays provide station data, cosmic ray incoming direction, various energy measurements, plots, vector-based images, and an ASCII data file. | ||
| DDE Number | DDE00338 | ||
| Special Interface | Yes | ||
| Registration_Required | No |
