Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-07-19
Nucl.Instrum.Meth.A572:508-510,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 5 figures submitted to 10th Pisa meeting on advanced detectors
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.nima.2006.10.318
The world's largest cosmic-ray detector is nearing completion in the remote Pampas of Argentina. This instrument measures extensive air-showers with energies from ${10^{18}-10^{20}}$ eV and beyond. A surface detector array of area 3000 ${km^2}$ records the lateral distribution of charged particles at ground level. A fluorescence detector overlooking the surface detector records the longitudinal light profiles of showers in the atmosphere to make a calorimetric energy measurement. A ``test beam'' for the fluorescence detector is generated by a calibrated laser near the array center. This talk will focus on detector characterizations essential to the first science results that have been reported from the observatory. Plans to construct a larger instrument in the northern hemisphere will also be outlined.
Pierre Auger Collaboration
Wiencke Lawrence
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