Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Apr 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004ap%26ss.290..379e&link_type=abstract
Astrophysics and Space Science, v. 290, Issue 3, p. 379-387 (2004).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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High Energy Cosmic Rays, New Facility, Cherenkov Detectors And Telescopes, Engineering Array Phase
Scientific paper
The Auger Project studies the highest energies known in nature with an emphasis on energies ≥5 × 1019 eV, which are cosmic rays coming from the outer space reaching the Earth’s surface with a very low flux. The questions to be elucidated are what are the origin, energy, production mechanism, and chemical composition of these cosmic rays. Auger aims at building two observatories in both the hemispheres and in 2000 the construction of the austral observatory started. Auger’s two distinctive features are its exceptional size and its hybrid nature. It spans over an area of 3000 km2 and is constituted by 24 fluorescence detector telescopes and 1600 surface detectors. As such, it will provide a large number of events with less systematic detection uncertainties.
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