The Pierre Auger Observatory - Status and first results

Journal Article · Mon Sep 25 00:00:00 EDT 2006 · AIP Conference Proceedings

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2359246· OSTI ID:20888219

Nellen, Lukas ^[1]

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1. Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares, UNAM, 04510 Mexico D.F. (Mexico)

The Pierre Auger Observatory, is designed to study cosmic rays at energies above 1019 eV. To achieve a uniform, full sky coverage, the Observatory is designed with two sites, one in the southern hemisphere, another one in the northern hemisphere. The southern observatory, currently under construction in Malarguee, Argentina, has started data taking with what amounts to about 1/4 of the full installation. We present the current status of the installation and first results from the dataset, collected from January 2004 to June 2005.

• OSTI ID: 20888219
• Journal Information: AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 857, Issue 1; Conference: 10. Mexican workshop on particles and fields, Morelia, Michoacan (Mexico), 6-12 Nov 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2359246; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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