Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-07-25
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 7 figures, submitted to the 2007 International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2007) in Merida, Mexico, July 2007
Scientific paper
The scale and scope of the physics studied at the Auger Observatory offer significant opportunities for original outreach work. Education, outreach, and public relations of the Auger collaboration are coordinated in a task of its own whose goals are to encourage and support a wide range of efforts that link schools and the public with the Auger scientists and the science of cosmic rays, particle physics, and associated technologies. This report focuses on the impact of the collaboration in Mendoza Province, Argentina, as: the Auger Visitor Center in Malargue that has hosted over 29,000 visitors since 2001, the Auger Celebration and a collaboration-sponsored science fair held on the Observatory campus in November 2005, the opening of the James Cronin School in Malargue in November 2006, public lectures, school visits, and courses for science teachers. As the collaboration prepares the proposal for the northern Auger site foreseen to be in southeast Colorado, plans for a comprehensive outreach program are being developed in parallel, as described here.
for the Pierre Auger Collaboration
Snow Gregory R.
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