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The Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory

SYSNO ASEP	0451754
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	The Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory
Author(s)	Aab, A. (DE) Abreu, P. (PT) Aglietta, M. (IT) Boháčová, Martina (FZU-D)_{RID, ORCID} Chudoba, Jiří (FZU-D)_{RID, ORCID} Ebr, Jan (FZU-D)_{RID, ORCID} Grygar, Jiří (FZU-D)_{RID, ORCID} Mandát, Dušan (FZU-D)_{RID, ORCID} Nečesal, Petr (FZU-D) Palatka, Miroslav (FZU-D)_{RID, ORCID, SAI} Pech, Miroslav (FZU-D)_{RID, ORCID} Prouza, Michael (FZU-D)_{RID, ORCID} Řídký, Jan (FZU-D)_{RID, ORCID} Schovánek, Petr (FZU-D)_{RID, ORCID} Trávníček, Petr (FZU-D)_{RID, ORCID} Vícha, Jakub (FZU-D)_{RID, ORCID}
Number of authors	567
Source Title	Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section A. - : Elsevier - ISSN 0168-9002 Roč. 798, Oct (2015), s. 172-213
Number of pages	42 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	NL - Netherlands
Keywords	Pierre Auger Observatory ; high energy cosmic rays ; hybrid observatory ; water Cherenkov detectors ; air fluorescence detectors
Subject RIV	BF - Elementary Particles and High Energy Physics
R&D Projects	LG13007 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
	7AMB14AR005 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
	GA14-17501S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
Institutional support	FZU-D - RVO:68378271
UT WOS	000360933600025
EID SCOPUS	84940537475
DOI	10.1016/j.nima.2015.06.058
Annotation	The Pierre Auger Observatory, located on a vast, high plain in western Argentina, is the world's largest cosmic ray observatory. The objectives of the Observatory are to probe the origin and characteristics of cosmic rays above 10(17) eV and to study the interactions of these, the most energetic particles observed in nature. The Auger design features an array of 1660 water Cherenkov particle detector stations spread over 3000 km(2) overlooked by 24 air fluorescence telescopes. In addition, three high elevation fluorescence telescopes overlook a 23.5 km(2), 61-detector infilled array with 750 in spacing. The Observatory has been in successful operation since completion in 2008 and has recorded data from an exposure exceeding 40,000 km(2) sr yr. This paper describes the design and performance of the detectors, related subsystems and infrastructure that make up the Observatory.
Workplace	Institute of Physics
Contact	Kristina Potocká, potocka@fzu.cz, Tel.: 220 318 579
Year of Publishing	2016

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