Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Mar 2008
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American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #10, #18.01
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
The existence of cosmic rays with energy in excess of 1020 eV represents a longstanding scientific mystery. Unveiling the mechanism and source of production/acceleration of particles of such enormous energy is a challenging experimental task due to their minute flux, roughly one/km2/century.
The Pierre Auger Observatory, now nearing completion in Malargue, Mendoza Province, Argentina, is spread over an area of 3000 km2. Two techniques are employed to observe the cosmic ray showers: detection of the shower particles on the ground and detection of fluorescence light produced as the shower particles pass through the atmosphere.
I will give an overview of the Observatory and of the detectors performance, and I will highlight its first exciting results, which appear to shed light on the origin of the highest energy cosmic rays.
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