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Publications (43)

astro-ph.HE2009

Astrophysical Sources of Cosmic Rays and Related Measurements with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, J. Abraham, P. Abreu +469

Studies of the correlations of ultra-high energy cosmic ray directions with extra-Galactic objects, of general anisotropy, of photons and neutrinos, and of other astrophysical effe…

astro-ph.HE2014

Reconstruction of inclined air showers detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +485

We describe the method devised to reconstruct inclined cosmic-ray air showers with zenith angles greater than detected with the surface array of the Pierre Auger Observa…

hep-ex2016

Testing Hadronic Interactions at Ultrahigh Energies with Air Showers Measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +435

Ultrahigh energy cosmic ray air showers probe particle physics at energies beyond the reach of accelerators. Here we introduce a new method to test hadronic interaction models with…

astro-ph.HE2011

Anisotropy and chemical composition of ultra-high energy cosmic rays using arrival directions measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +490

The Pierre Auger Collaboration has reported evidence for anisotropy in the distribution of arrival directions of the cosmic rays with energies eV. Thes…

astro-ph.HE2014

A search for point sources of EeV photons

Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +483

Measurements of air showers made using the hybrid technique developed with the fluorescence and surface detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory allow a sensitive search for point…

astro-ph.IM2011

The effect of the geomagnetic field on cosmic ray energy estimates and large scale anisotropy searches on data from the Pierre Auger Observatory

P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, E. J. Ahn +495

We present a comprehensive study of the influence of the geomagnetic field on the energy estimation of extensive air showers with a zenith angle smaller than , detected a…

astro-ph.HE2014

Searches for Large-Scale Anisotropy in the Arrival Directions of Cosmic Rays Detected above Energy of eV at the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array

The Pierre Auger, Telescope Array Collaborations, : +605

Spherical harmonic moments are well-suited for capturing anisotropy at any scale in the flux of cosmic rays. An unambiguous measurement of the full set of spherical harmonic coeffi…

astro-ph.HE2011

The Lateral Trigger Probability function for the Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray Showers detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +495

In this paper we introduce the concept of Lateral Trigger Probability (LTP) function, i.e., the probability for an extensive air shower (EAS) to trigger an individual detector of a…

astro-ph.CO2009

Studies of Cosmic Ray Composition and Air Shower Structure with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, J. Abraham, P. Abreu +470

Studies of the composition of the highest energy cosmic rays with the Pierre Auger Observatory, including examination of hadronic physics effects on the structure of extensive air…

hep-ex1997

A Water Tank Cerenkov Detector for Very High Energy Astroparticles

P. Bauleo, A. Etchegoyen, J. O. Fernandez Niello +7

Extensive airshower detection is an important issue in current astrophysics endeavours. Surface arrays detectors are a common practice since they are easy to handle and have a 100%…

astro-ph.HE2011

Search for First Harmonic Modulation in the Right Ascension Distribution of Cosmic Rays Detected at the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +466

We present the results of searches for dipolar-type anisotropies in different energy ranges above eV with the surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observa…

astro-ph.IM2011

The Pierre Auger Observatory IV: Operation and Monitoring

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +493

Technical reports on operations and monitoring of the Pierre Auger Observatory

astro-ph.IM2017

Muon Counting using Silicon Photomultipliers in the AMIGA detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +422

AMIGA (Auger Muons and Infill for the Ground Array) is an upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory designed to extend its energy range of detection and to directly measure the muon…

astro-ph.HE2013

Pierre Auger Observatory and Telescope Array: Joint Contributions to the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2013)

The Telescope Array, Pierre Auger Collaborations, : +619

Joint contributions of the Pierre Auger and Telescope Array Collaborations to the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 2013: cross-calibration of…

astro-ph.HE2015

The Pierre Auger Observatory: Contributions to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2015)

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +449

Contributions of the Pierre Auger Collaboration to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 30 July - 6 August 2015, The Hague, The Netherlands

astro-ph.HE2011

The Pierre Auger Observatory I: The Cosmic Ray Energy Spectrum and Related Measurements

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +493

Studies of the cosmic ray energy spectrum at the highest energies with the Pierre Auger Observatory

astro-ph.IM2009

Calibration and Monitoring of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, J. Abraham, P. Abreu +470

Reports on the atmospheric monitoring, calibration, and other operating systems of the Pierre Auger Observatory. Contributions to the 31st International Cosmic Ray Conference, Lodz…

astro-ph.HE2016

Azimuthal asymmetry in the risetime of the surface detector signals of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +436

The azimuthal asymmetry in the risetime of signals in Auger surface detector stations is a source of information on shower development. The azimuthal asymmetry is due to a combinat…

astro-ph.IM2011

Trigger and Aperture of the Surface Detector Array of the Pierre Auger Observatory

J. Abraham, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +469

The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory consists of 1600 water-Cherenkov detectors, for the study of extensive air showers (EAS) generated by ultra-high-energy c…

astro-ph.IM2009

Operations of and Future Plans for the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, J. Abraham, P. Abreu +469

Technical reports on operations and features of the Pierre Auger Observatory, including ongoing and planned enhancements and the status of the future northern hemisphere portion of…

astro-ph.HE2009

Upper limit on the cosmic-ray photon fraction at EeV energies from the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, J. Abraham, P. Abreu +458

From direct observations of the longitudinal development of ultra-high energy air showers performed with the Pierre Auger Observatory, upper limits of 3.8%, 2.4%, 3.5% and 11.7% (a…

astro-ph.HE2016

Search for correlations between the arrival directions of IceCube neutrino events and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array

The IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +863

This paper presents the results of different searches for correlations between very high-energy neutrino candidates detected by IceCube and the highest-energy cosmic rays measured…

astro-ph.IM2012

The Rapid Atmospheric Monitoring System of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +508

The Pierre Auger Observatory is a facility built to detect air showers produced by cosmic rays above 10^17 eV. During clear nights with a low illuminated moon fraction, the UV fluo…

astro-ph.HE2014

A Targeted Search for Point Sources of EeV Neutrons

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +482

A flux of neutrons from an astrophysical source in the Galaxy can be detected in the Pierre Auger Observatory as an excess of cosmic-ray air showers arriving from the direction of…

astro-ph2001

TANGO ARRAY An Air Shower Experiment in Buenos Aires

P. Bauleo, C. Bonifazi, A. Filevich +1

A new Air Shower Observatory has been constructed in Buenos Aires during 1999, and commissioned and set in operation in 2000. The observatory consists of an array of four water Če…

astro-ph.HE2016

Evidence for a mixed mass composition at the `ankle' in the cosmic-ray spectrum

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +423

We report a first measurement for ultra-high energy cosmic rays of the correlation between the depth of shower maximum and the signal in the water Cherenkov stations of air-showers…

astro-ph.IM2011

The Pierre Auger Observatory V: Enhancements

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +493

Ongoing and planned enhancements of the Pierre Auger Observatory

astro-ph.HE2013

Highlights from the Pierre Auger Observatory

Antoine Letessier-Selvon, A. Aab, P. Abreu +494

The Pierre Auger Observatory is the world's largest cosmic ray observatory. Our current exposure reaches nearly 40,000 km str and provides us with an unprecedented quality data…

astro-ph.HE2011

Search for signatures of magnetically-induced alignment in the arrival directions measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +496

We present the results of an analysis of data recorded at the Pierre Auger Observatory in which we search for groups of directionally-aligned events (or `multiplets') which exhibit…

astro-ph.IM2012

Antennas for the Detection of Radio Emission Pulses from Cosmic-Ray induced Air Showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory

P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, M. Ahlers +512

The Pierre Auger Observatory is exploring the potential of the radio detection technique to study extensive air showers induced by ultra-high energy cosmic rays. The Auger Engineer…

physics.ins-det2016

Prototype muon detectors for the AMIGA component of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +451

Auger Muons and Infill for the Ground Array) is an upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory to extend its range of detection and to directly measure the muon content of the particle…

astro-ph.HE2010

Update on the correlation of the highest energy cosmic rays with nearby extragalactic matter

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +472

Data collected by the Pierre Auger Observatory through 31 August 2007 showed evidence for anisotropy in the arrival directions of cosmic rays above the Greisen-Zatsepin-Kuz'min ene…

astro-ph.HE2015

The IceCube Neutrino Observatory, the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array: Joint Contribution to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2015)

IceCube Collaboration, M. G. Aartsen, K. Abraham +884

We have conducted three searches for correlations between ultra-high energy cosmic rays detected by the Telescope Array and the Pierre Auger Observatory, and high-energy neutrino c…

astro-ph.HE2009

The Cosmic Ray Energy Spectrum and Related Measurements with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, J. Abraham, P. Abreu +469

Studies of the cosmic ray energy spectrum at the highest energies with the Pierre Auger Observatory.

astro-ph.HE2011

The Pierre Auger Observatory II: Studies of Cosmic Ray Composition and Hadronic Interaction models

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +493

Studies of the composition of the highest energy cosmic rays with the Pierre Auger Observatory, including examination of hadronic physics effects on the structure of extensive air…

astro-ph.IM2011

Advanced functionality for radio analysis in the Offline software framework of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +468

The advent of the Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) necessitates the development of a powerful framework for the analysis of radio measurements of cosmic ray air showers. As AER…

astro-ph.HE2015

Pierre Auger Observatory and Telescope Array: Joint Contributions to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2015)

Telescope Array Collaboration, R. U. Abbasi, M. Abe +573

Joint contributions of the Pierre Auger Collaboration and the Telescope Array Collaboration to the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference, 30 July - 6 August 2015, The Hague, The…

astro-ph.HE2011

The Pierre Auger Observatory III: Other Astrophysical Observations

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +493

Astrophysical observations of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with the Pierre Auger Observatory

astro-ph.HE2012

A search for ultra-high energy neutrinos in highly inclined events at the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +497

The Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory is sensitive to neutrinos of all flavours above 0.1 EeV. These interact through charged and neutral currents in the atmosphere…

astro-ph.IM2016

The Pierre Auger Observatory Upgrade - Preliminary Design Report

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +462

The Pierre Auger Observatory has begun a major Upgrade of its already impressive capabilities, with an emphasis on improved mass composition determination using the surface detecto…

astro-ph.IM2009

The Fluorescence Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, J. Abraham, P. Abreu +515

The Pierre Auger Observatory is a hybrid detector for ultra-high energy cosmic rays. It combines a surface array to measure secondary particles at ground level together with a fluo…

physics.ins-det2016

Nanosecond-level time synchronization of autonomous radio detector stations for extensive air showers

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +448

To exploit the full potential of radio measurements of cosmic-ray air showers at MHz frequencies, a detector timing synchronization within 1 ns is needed. Large distributed radio d…

astro-ph.HE2012

Description of Atmospheric Conditions at the Pierre Auger Observatory using the Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS)

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +499

Atmospheric conditions at the site of a cosmic ray observatory must be known for reconstructing observed extensive air showers. The Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) is a glob…