The surface detector system of the Pierre Auger Observatory

被引：127

作者：

Allekotte, I. ^{[1
,2
]}

Barbosa, A. F. ^{[5
]}

Bauleo, P. ^{[13
]}

Bonifazi, C. ^{[5
]}

Civit, B. ^{[4
]}

Escobar, C. O. ^{[6
]}

Garcia, B. ^{[4
]}

Guedes, G. ^{[7
]}

Berisso, M. Gomez ^{[1
,2
]}

Harton, J. L. ^{[13
]}

Healy, M. ^{[12
]}

Kaducak, M. ^{[11
]}

Mantsch, P. ^{[11
]}

Mazur, P. O. ^{[11
]}

Newman-Holmes, C. ^{[11
]}

Pepe, I. ^{[8
]}

Rodriguez-Cabo, I. ^{[10
]}

Salazar, H. ^{[9
]}

Grande, N. Smetniansky-De ^{[3
]}

Warner, D. ^{[13
]}

机构：

[1] UN Cuyo & CNEA, CONICET, Inst Balseiro, RA-8400 San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina

[2] UN Cuyo & CNEA, CONICET, Ctr Atom Bariloche, RA-8400 San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina

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

[4] Univ Tecnol Nacl Reg Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina

[5] CBPF, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

[6] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Fis, Dept Raios Cosmicos, BR-13084971 Campinas, SP, Brazil

[7] Univ Estadual Feira Santana UEFS, BR-44031460 Feira De Santana, BA, Brazil

[8] Univ Fed Bahia, BR-40210340 Salvador, BA, Brazil

[9] BUAP, Puebla 72500, Mexico

[10] Univ Santiago de Compostela, Dpto Fis Particulas, Santiago De Compostela 15706, Spain

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

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

[13] Colorado State Univ, Ft Collins, CO 80523 USA

来源：

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT | 2008年 / 586卷 / 03期

基金：

澳大利亚研究理事会; 巴西圣保罗研究基金会; 美国国家科学基金会; 英国科学技术设施理事会;

关键词：

Pierre Auger Observatory; high-energy cosmic rays; surface detector array; water-Cherenkov detectors;

D O I：

10.1016/j.nima.2007.12.016

中图分类号：

TH7 [仪器、仪表];

学科分类号：

0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;

摘要：

The Pierre Auger Observatory is designed to study cosmic rays with energies greater than 10(19) eV. Two sites are envisaged for the observatory, one in each hemisphere, for complete sky coverage. The southern site of the Auger Observatory, now approaching completion in Mendoza, Argentina, features an array of 1600 water-Cherenkov surface detector stations covering 3000 km(2), together with 24 fluorescence telescopes to record the air shower cascades produced by these particles. The two complementary detector techniques together with the large collecting area form a powerful instrument for these studies. Although construction is not yet complete, the Auger Observatory has been taking data stably since January 2004 and the first physics results are being published. In this paper we describe the design features and technical characteristics of the surface detector stations of the Pierre Auger Observatory. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：409 / 420

页数：12

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