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Prog. Theor. Phys. Supplement No.151 (2003) pp. 201-205
Recent Progress at the Pierre Auger Observatory
Bruce R. Dawson for the Pierre Auger Collaboration
Physics Department, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
(Received March 10, 2003)
Abstract:
Cosmic ray particles exist with energies exceeding 1020eV. The
source of this macroscopic energy in subatomic particles remains one
of the greatest mysteries in modern astrophysics. The Pierre Auger
Observatory is the latest in a series of detectors built to study the
problem. After a brief review of the highest cosmic rays, we will
describe the design and schedule for the completion of the Auger
detector. As an example of data collected with the project's
“Engineering Array”, we will then outline the reconstruction of a
cosmic ray shower profile from fluorescence detector data.
URL :
http://ptp.ipap.jp/link?PTPS/151/201/
DOI : 10.1143/PTPS.151.201
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