Properties and performance of the prototype instrument for the Pierre Auger Observatory

被引：689

作者：

Abraham, J

Aglietta, M

Aguirre, IC

Albrow, M

Allard, D

Allekotte, I

Allison, P

Muñiz, JA

do Amaral, MG

Ambrosio, M

Anchordoqui, L

Andrews, R

Anguiano, M

dos Anjos, JC

Aramo, C

Argiro, S

Ariska, K

Arteaga, JC

Atulugama, S

Ave, M

Avila, G

Baggio, R

Bai, X

Barbosa, AF

Barbosa, HMJ

Barnhill, D

Barroso, SLC

Bauleo, P

Beatty, J

Beau, T

Becker, KH

Bellido, JA

Bello, P

Bergmann, T

Berman, E

Bertou, X

Biermann, P

Billoir, P

Biral, R

Bluemer, H

Bohacova, M

Bollmann, E

Bonifazi, C

Boratav, M

Boselli, A

Brack, J

Brunet, JM

Bui-Duc, H

Cabrera, V

Camin, DV

机构：

[1] Univ Leeds, Dept Phys & Astron, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England

[2] Univ Tecnol Nacl Reg Mendoza, Ciudad Mendoza, Argentina

[3] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, Ciudad Mendoza, Argentina

[4] Univ Turin, Sez Torino, Ist Fis Spazio Interplanetario, I-10125 Turin, Italy

[5] Univ Turin, Dipartimento Fis Gen, I-10125 Turin, Italy

[6] Univ Turin, Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-10125 Turin, Italy

[7] Fermilab Natl Accelerator Lab, Batavia, IL 60510 USA

[8] Univ Paris 11, Inst Phys Nucl, F-91406 Orsay, France

[9] CNRS, IN2P3, F-91406 Orsay, France

[10] CNEA, Inst Balseiro, Ctr Atom Bariloche, RA-8400 San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina

[11] Univ Nacl Cuyo, RA-8400 San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina

[12] Penn State Univ, Dept Phys, Davey Lab 104, University Pk, PA 16802 USA

[13] Univ Lodz, Div Expt Phys, PL-90236 Lodz, Poland

[14] Univ Fed Fluminense, BR-24210340 Niteroi, RJ, Brazil

[15] Dipartimento Fis, I-80123 Naples, Italy

[16] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-80123 Naples, Italy

[17] Northeastern Univ, Dept Phys, Boston, MA 02115 USA

[18] Benemerita Univ Autonoma Puebla, Puebla 72500, Mexico

[19] Ctr Brasileiro Pesquisas Fis, BR-22290180 Rio De Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

[20] Dipartimento Fis Sperimentale, I-10125 Turin, Italy

[21] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Phys & Astron, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA

[22] Inst Politecn Nacl, CINVESTAV, Dept Phys, Mexico City 07000, DF, Mexico

[23] Univ Leeds, Dept Phys & Astron, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England

[24] Pierre Auger So Observ, Mendoza, Argentina

[25] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Fis, Dept Raios Cosm & Cronol, BR-13084971 Campinas, SP, Brazil

[26] Colorado State Univ, Dept Phys, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA

[27] Coll France, Lab Phys Corpusculaire & Cosmol, F-75005 Paris, France

[28] CNRS, IN2P3, F-75005 Paris, France

[29] Univ Wuppertal, Fachbereich Phys, D-42119 Wuppertal, Germany

[30] Univ Adelaide, Dept Phys & Math Phys, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia

[31] Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH, Inst Kernphys, D-76021 Karlsruhe, Germany

[32] Univ Chicago, Enrico Fermi Inst, Chicago, IL 60637 USA

[33] Univ Paris 06, Lab Phys Nucl & Hautes Energies, F-75005 Paris, France

[34] Univ Paris 07, Lab Phys Nucl & Hautes Energies, F-75005 Paris, France

[35] CNRS, IN2P3, F-75005 Paris, France

[36] Acad Sci Czech Republ, Inst Phys, CZ-18221 Prague 8, Czech Republic

[37] Comis Nacl Energia Atom, Lab Tandar, RA-1650 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina

[38] Consejo Nacl Invest Cient & Tecn, RA-1650 Buenos Aires, DF, Argentina

[39] Univ Colorado, Dept Phys, Boulder, CO 80309 USA

[40] So Univ, Dept Phys, Baton Rouge, LA 70813 USA

[41] Dipartimento Fis, I-20133 Milan, Italy

[42] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-20133 Milan, Italy

[43] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico

[44] Dipartimento Fis, Laquila, Italy

[45] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Laquila, Italy

[46] Univ Pavia, I-27100 Pavia, Italy

[47] Univ Bergamo, I-27100 Pavia, Italy

[48] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, I-27100 Pavia, Italy

[49] Univ Michoacana San Nicolas Hidalgo, Morelia 58040, Michoacan, Mexico

[50] Michigan Technol Univ, Dept Phys, Houghton, MI 49931 USA

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2004年 / 523卷 / 1-2期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会; 巴西圣保罗研究基金会; 中国国家自然科学基金; 澳大利亚研究理事会;

关键词：

ultra high energy cosmic rays; Auger Observatory; extensive air showers;

D O I：

10.1016/j.nima.2003.12.012

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

Construction of the first stage of the Pierre Auger Observatory has begun. The aim of the Observatory is to collect unprecedented information about cosmic rays above 10(18) eV. The first phase of the project, the construction and operation of a prototype system, known as the engineering array, has now been completed. It has allowed all of the sub-systems that will be used in the full instrument to be tested under field conditions. In this paper, the properties and performance of these sub-systems are described and their success illustrated with descriptions of some of the events recorded thus far. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：50 / 95

页数：46

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