The Pierre Auger Observatory status and latest results

The Pierre Auger Observatory, in Argentina, is the present flagship experiment studying ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). Facing the challenge due to low cosmic-ray flux at the highest energies, the Observatory has been taking data for more than a decade, reaching an exposure of over 50 000 km...

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Publicado: 2017
Acceso en línea:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_21016275_v136_n_p_Multitudinario
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spelling paper:paper_21016275_v136_n_p_Multitudinario2023-06-08T16:34:19Z The Pierre Auger Observatory status and latest results The Pierre Auger Observatory, in Argentina, is the present flagship experiment studying ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). Facing the challenge due to low cosmic-ray flux at the highest energies, the Observatory has been taking data for more than a decade, reaching an exposure of over 50 000 km 2 sr yr. The combination of a large surface detector array and fluorescence telescopes provides a substantial improvement in energy calibration and extensive air shower measurements, resulting in data of unprecedented quality. Moreover, the installation of a denser subarray has allowed extending the sensitivity to lower energies. Altogether, this contributes to provide important information on key questions in the UHECR field in the energy range from 0.1 EeV up to 100 EeV. A review of main results from the Pierre Auger Observatory is presented with a particular focus on the energy spectrum measurements, the mass composition studies, the arrival directions analyses, the search for neutral cosmic messengers, and the investigation of high-energy hadronic interactions. Despite this large amount of valuable results, the understanding of the nature of UHECRs and of their origin remains an open science case that the Auger collaboration is planning to address with the AugerPrime project to upgrade the Observatory. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017. 2017 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_21016275_v136_n_p_Multitudinario http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_21016275_v136_n_p_Multitudinario
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description The Pierre Auger Observatory, in Argentina, is the present flagship experiment studying ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). Facing the challenge due to low cosmic-ray flux at the highest energies, the Observatory has been taking data for more than a decade, reaching an exposure of over 50 000 km 2 sr yr. The combination of a large surface detector array and fluorescence telescopes provides a substantial improvement in energy calibration and extensive air shower measurements, resulting in data of unprecedented quality. Moreover, the installation of a denser subarray has allowed extending the sensitivity to lower energies. Altogether, this contributes to provide important information on key questions in the UHECR field in the energy range from 0.1 EeV up to 100 EeV. A review of main results from the Pierre Auger Observatory is presented with a particular focus on the energy spectrum measurements, the mass composition studies, the arrival directions analyses, the search for neutral cosmic messengers, and the investigation of high-energy hadronic interactions. Despite this large amount of valuable results, the understanding of the nature of UHECRs and of their origin remains an open science case that the Auger collaboration is planning to address with the AugerPrime project to upgrade the Observatory. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2017.
title The Pierre Auger Observatory status and latest results
spellingShingle The Pierre Auger Observatory status and latest results
title_short The Pierre Auger Observatory status and latest results
title_full The Pierre Auger Observatory status and latest results
title_fullStr The Pierre Auger Observatory status and latest results
title_full_unstemmed The Pierre Auger Observatory status and latest results
title_sort pierre auger observatory status and latest results
publishDate 2017
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_21016275_v136_n_p_Multitudinario
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_21016275_v136_n_p_Multitudinario
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