papers

Publications (149)

astro-ph.IM2025

The simulation chain for the Terzina Cherenkov telescope on board the NUSES space mission

M. Abdullahi, R. Aloisio, F. Arneodo +74

The Terzina telescope is designed to detect ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) and Earth-skimming neutrinos from a 550 km low-Earth orbit (LEO) by observing Cherenkov light emi…

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.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.HE2024

Constraining models for the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with a novel combined analysis of arrival directions, spectrum, and composition data measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +371

The combined fit of the measured energy spectrum and shower maximum depth distributions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays is known to constrain the parameters of astrophysical model…

astro-ph2007

Ultra High Energy Neutrinos in the Mediterranean: detecting nu_tau and nu_mu with a km^3 Telescope

A. Cuoco, G. Mangano, G. Miele +4

We perform a study of the ultra high energy neutrino detection performances of a km^3 Neutrino Telescope sitting at the three proposed sites for ANTARES, NEMO and NESTOR in the Med…

astro-ph.HE2018

Combined fit of spectrum and composition data as measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +397

We present a combined fit of a simple astrophysical model of UHECR sources to both the energy spectrum and mass composition data measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory. The fit h…

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…

hep-ex2021

Extraction of the Muon Signals Recorded with the Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory Using Recurrent Neural Networks

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +370

The Pierre Auger Observatory, at present the largest cosmic-ray observatory ever built, is instrumented with a ground array of 1600 water-Cherenkov detectors, known as the Surface…

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.IM2018

Calibration of the Logarithmic-Periodic Dipole Antenna (LPDA) Radio Stations at the Pierre Auger Observatory using an Octocopter

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +402

An in-situ calibration of a logarithmic periodic dipole antenna with a frequency coverage of 30 MHz to 80 MHz is performed. Such antennas are part of a radio station system used fo…

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-ph.HE2017

A targeted search for point sources of EeV photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +397

Simultaneous measurements of air showers with the fluorescence and surface detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory allow a sensitive search for EeV photon point sources. Several…

astro-ph.HE2020

Measurement of the cosmic-ray energy spectrum above eV using the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +380

We report a measurement of the energy spectrum of cosmic rays for energies above eV based on 215,030 events recorded with zenith angles below . A k…

astro-ph.SR2011

Mean Interplanetary Magnetic Field Measurement Using the ARGO-YBJ Experiment

G. Aielli, C. Bacci, B. Bartoli +109

The sun blocks cosmic ray particles from outside the solar system, forming a detectable shadow in the sky map of cosmic rays detected by the ARGO-YBJ experiment in Tibet. Because t…

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…

hep-ph2024

Constraints on metastable superheavy dark matter coupled to sterile neutrinos with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +368

Dark matter particles could be superheavy, provided their lifetime is much longer than the age of the universe. Using the sensitivity of the Pierre Auger Observatory to ultra-high…

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…

astro-ph.HE2026

Measuring the muon content of inclined air showers using AERA and the water-Cherenkov detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +360

We present a novel approach for assessing the muon content of air showers with large zenith angles on a combined analysis of their radio emission and particle footprint. We use the…

astro-ph.IM2015

Study of the diffuse gamma-ray emission from the Galactic plane with ARGO-YBJ

B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini, X. J. Bi +78

The events recorded by ARGO-YBJ in more than five years of data collection have been analyzed to determine the diffuse gamma-ray emission in the Galactic plane at Galactic longitud…

astro-ph.IM2015

The analog Resistive Plate Chamber detector of the ARGO-YBJ experiment

B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini, X. J. Bi +68

The ARGO-YBJ experiment has been in stable data taking from November 2007 till February 2013 at the YangBaJing Cosmic Ray Observatory (4300 m a.s.l.). The detector consists of a si…

astro-ph.HE2025

Search for a diffuse flux of photons with energies above tens of PeV at the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +359

Diffuse photons of energy above 0.1 PeV, produced through the interactions between cosmic rays and either interstellar matter or background radiation fields, are powerful tracers o…

astro-ph.IM2018

The AMY (Air Microwave Yield) experiment to measure the GHz emission from air shower plasma

J. Alvarez-Muniz, M. Blanco, M. Bohacova +28

The aim of the Air Microwave Yield (AMY) experiment is to investigate the Molecular Bremsstrahlung Radiation (MBR) emitted from an electron beam induced air-shower. The measurement…

astro-ph.HE2023

Constraining the sources of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays across and above the ankle with the spectrum and composition data measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +365

In this work we present the interpretation of the energy spectrum and mass composition data as measured by the Pierre Auger Collaboration above eV. We use an ast…

astro-ph2001

High-energy neutrino emission from Gamma-Ray Bursts

F. De Paolis, G. Ingrosso, D. Orlando +1

Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) are expected to efficiently accelerate protons up to relativistic energies. High-energy photons can originate from decay of neutral pions produced by the in…

astro-ph.IM2013

The Air Microwave Yield (AMY) experiment - A laboratory measurement of the microwave emission from extensive air showers

K. Louedec, J. Alvarez-Muñiz, M. Blanco +31

The AMY experiment aims to measure the microwave bremsstrahlung radiation (MBR) emitted by air-showers secondary electrons accelerating in collisions with neutral molecules of the…

astro-ph.HE2020

Features of the energy spectrum of cosmic rays above eV using the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +380

We report a measurement of the energy spectrum of cosmic rays above eV based on events. New results are presented: at about eV…

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.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…

astro-ph.IM2023

Ground observations of a space laser for the assessment of its in-orbit performance

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, O. Lux, I. Krisch +380

The wind mission Aeolus of the European Space Agency was a groundbreaking achievement for Earth observation. Between 2018 and 2023, the space-borne lidar instrument ALADIN onboard…

astro-ph.HE2026

The JEM-EUSO Collaboration: Contributions to the 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC2025)

M. Abdullahi, M. Abrate, J. H. Adams +163

This is a collection of papers presented by the JEM-EUSO Collaboration at the 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2025) (Geneva, Switzerland, July 14--24, 2025).

astro-ph.HE2018

Indication of anisotropy in arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays through comparison to the flux pattern of extragalactic gamma-ray sources

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +390

A new analysis of the dataset from the Pierre Auger Observatory provides evidence for anisotropy in the arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays on an intermediate angul…

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…

hep-ph2026

Search for active-sterile neutrino transitions using Pierre Auger Observatory data

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +348

We investigate the sensitivity of the Pierre Auger Observatory to physics beyond the Standard Model arising from magnetic-moment-induced transitions between active and heavy steril…

astro-ph.HE2013

Observation of TeV gamma-rays from the unidentified source HESS J1841-055 with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

YBJ Collaboration, B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini +100

We report the observation of a very high energy γ-ray source, whose position is coincident with HESS J1841-055. This source has been observed for 4.5 years by the ARGO-YBJ experim…

astro-ph.HE2024

Impact of the Magnetic Horizon on the Interpretation of the Pierre Auger Observatory Spectrum and Composition Data

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +364

The flux of ultra-high energy cosmic rays reaching Earth above the ankle energy (5 EeV) can be described as a mixture of nuclei injected by extragalactic sources with very hard spe…

astro-ph.HE2022

Cosmological implications of photon-flux upper limits at ultra-high energies in scenarios of Planckian-interacting massive particles for dark matter

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +374

Using the data of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we report on a search for signatures that would be suggestive of super-heavy particles decaying in the Galactic halo. From the lack…

astro-ph.HE2012

Observation of TeV gamma rays from the Cygnus region with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini, X. J. Bi +100

We report the observation of TeV gamma-rays from the Cygnus region using the ARGO-YBJ data collected from 2007 November to 2011 August. Several TeV sources are located in this regi…

astro-ph.HE2025

Large-scale cosmic ray anisotropies with 19 years of data from the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +355

Results are presented for the measurement of large-scale anisotropies in the arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays detected at the Pierre Auger Observatory during 19…

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.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

Energy Spectrum of Cosmic Protons and Helium Nuclei by a Hybrid Measurement at 4300 m a.s.l

B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini, X. J. Bi +97

The energy spectrum of cosmic Hydrogen and Helium nuclei has been measured, below the so-called "knee", by using a hybrid experiment with a wide field-of-view Cherenkov telescope a…

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.HE2023

AugerPrime Surface Detector Electronics

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +368

Operating since 2004, the Pierre Auger Observatory has led to major advances in our understanding of the ultra-high-energy cosmic rays. The latest findings have revealed new insigh…

astro-ph.HE2017

Multi-resolution anisotropy studies of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected at the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +400

We report a multi-resolution search for anisotropies in the arrival directions of cosmic rays detected at the Pierre Auger Observatory with local zenith angles up to and…

astro-ph.IM2018

Observation of inclined EeV air showers with the radio detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +392

With the Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we have observed the radio emission from 561 extensive air showers with zenith angles between 60$^\ci…

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.HE2026

Search for ultra-high energy neutrons from Galactic sources with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +357

Deflections in the propagation of charged ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) caused by magnetic fields make the identification of their sources challenging. On the other hand,…

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.HE2022

The energy spectrum of cosmic rays beyond the turn-down around eV as measured with the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +374

We present a measurement of the cosmic-ray spectrum above 100\,PeV using the part of the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory that has a spacing of 750~m. An inflection…

astro-ph.HE2017

Search for Gamma Ray Bursts with the ARGO-YBJ Detector in Shower Mode

B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini, X. J. Bi +69

The ARGO-YBJ detector, located at the Yangbajing Cosmic Ray Laboratory (4300 m a. s. l., Tibet, China), was a full coverage air shower array dedicated to gamma ray astronomy and co…

astro-ph.HE2024

Testing Hadronic-Model Predictions of Depth of Maximum of Air-Shower Profiles and Ground-Particle Signals using Hybrid Data of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +368

We test the predictions of hadronic interaction models regarding the depth of maximum of air-shower profiles, , and ground-particle signals in water-Cherenkov detectors at…

astro-ph.HE2022

Testing effects of Lorentz invariance violation in the propagation of astroparticles with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +374

Lorentz invariance violation (LIV) is often described by dispersion relations of the form with delta different based on particle type , with…

hep-ex2000

Simulation of UHE muons propagation for GEANT3

S. Bottai, L. Perrone

A simulation package for the transport of high energy muons has been developed. It has been conceived to replace the muon propagation software modules implemented in the detector s…

astro-ph.HE2024

The Pierre Auger Observatory Open Data

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +358

The Pierre Auger Collaboration has embraced the concept of open access to their research data since its foundation, with the aim of giving access to the widest possible community.…

astro-ph.IM2021

Calibration of the underground muon detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +370

To obtain direct measurements of the muon content of extensive air showers with energy above eV, the Pierre Auger Observatory is currently being equipped with an underg…

astro-ph.HE2015

4.5 years multi-wavelength observations of Mrk 421 during the ARGO-YBJ and Fermi common operation time

B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini, X. J. Bi +68

We report on the extensive multi-wavelength observations of the blazar Markarian 421 (Mrk 421) covering radio to gamma-rays, during the 4.5 year period of ARGO-YBJ and Fermi common…

astro-ph.HE2025

The distribution of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays along the supergalactic plane measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +364

Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays are known to be mainly of extragalactic origin, and their propagation is limited by energy losses, so their arrival directions are expected to correla…

astro-ph.HE2020

Cosmic-ray anisotropies in right ascension measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +373

We present measurements of the large-scale cosmic-ray anisotropies in right ascension, using data collected by the surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory over more…

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.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.HE2026

Observation of the Moon and Sun shadows with cosmic rays at an average energy of eV

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +346

Interactions of cosmic rays with the Moon and the Sun produce deficits in their arrival-direction distributions relative to an isotropic flux. Such shadows have been observed previ…

astro-ph.IM2025

Long-term calibration and validation of stability of the Auger Engineering Radio Array using the diffuse Galactic radio emission

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +356

The Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) measures radio emission from high-energy extensive air showers. Consisting of 153 autonomous radio-detector stations spread over \,km$^…

astro-ph.HE2019

Probing the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with neutrinos in the EeV energy range using the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +389

Neutrinos with energies above eV are detectable with the Surface Detector Array of the Pierre Auger Observatory. The identification is efficiently performed for neutrinos…

astro-ph.IM2021

The FRAM robotic telescope for atmospheric monitoring at the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +377

FRAM (F/Photometric Robotic Atmospheric Monitor) is a robotic telescope operated at the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina for the purposes of atmospheric monitoring using stell…

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.HE2022

A Catalog of the Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays Recorded During Phase I of Operation of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +376

A catalog containing details of the highest-energy cosmic rays recorded through the detection of extensive air-showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory is presented with the aim of…

astro-ph.HE2017

Ultrahigh-energy neutrino follow-up of Gravitational Wave events GW150914 and GW151226 with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +410

On September 14, 2015 the Advanced LIGO detectors observed their first gravitational-wave (GW) transient GW150914. This was followed by a second GW event observed on December 26, 2…

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.HE2020

Search for photons with energies above 10 eV using the hybrid detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +397

A search for ultra-high energy photons with energies above 1 EeV is performed using nine years of data collected by the Pierre Auger Observatory in hybrid operation mode. An unprec…

astro-ph.IM2020

Studies on the response of a water-Cherenkov detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory to atmospheric muons using an RPC hodoscope

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +375

Extensive air showers, originating from ultra-high energy cosmic rays, have been successfully measured through the use of arrays of water-Cherenkov detectors (WCDs). Sophisticated…

astro-ph.HE2012

Long-term Monitoring on Mrk 501 for Its VHE gamma Emission and a Flare in October 2011

YBJ Collaboration, B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini +101

As one of the brightest active blazars in both X-ray and very high energy -ray bands, Mrk 501 is very useful for physics associated with jets from AGNs. The ARGO-YBJ experiment…

astro-ph.IM2021

Design, upgrade and characterization of the silicon photomultiplier front-end for the AMIGA detector at the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +357

AMIGA (Auger Muons and Infill for the Ground Array) is an upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory to complement the study of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECR) by measuring the…

astro-ph.HE2022

Limits to gauge coupling in the dark sector set by the non-observation of instanton-induced decay of Super-Heavy Dark Matter in the Pierre Auger Observatory data

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +374

Instantons, which are non-perturbative solutions to Yang-Mills equations, provide a signal for the occurrence of quantum tunneling between distinct classes of vacua. They can give…

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.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.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.IM2017

Spectral Calibration of the Fluorescence Telescopes of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +403

We present a novel method to measure precisely the relative spectral response of the fluorescence telescopes of the Pierre Auger Observatory. We used a portable light source based…

astro-ph2004

Earth-skimming UHE Tau Neutrinos at the Fluorescence Detector of Pierre Auger Observatory

C. Aramo, A. Insolia, A. Leonardi +4

Ultra high energy neutrinos are produced by the interaction of hadronic cosmic rays with the cosmic radiation background. More exotic scenarios like topological defects or new hadr…

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.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.HE2022

Arrival Directions of Cosmic Rays above 32 EeV from Phase One of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta +372

A promising energy range to look for angular correlation between cosmic rays of extragalactic origin and their sources is at the highest energies, above few tens of EeV ($1\:{\rm E…

hep-ex2021

Measurement of the fluctuations in the number of muons in extensive air showers with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +365

We present the first measurement of the fluctuations in the number of muons in extensive air showers produced by ultrahigh energy cosmic rays. We find that the measured fluctuation…

astro-ph.HE2022

Search for Spatial Correlations of Neutrinos with Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic Rays

The ANTARES collaboration, A. Albert, S. Alves +1042

For several decades, the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) has been an unsolved question of high-energy astrophysics. One approach for solving this puzzle is to corr…

astro-ph.HE2023

Search for UHE Photons from Gravitational Wave Sources with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +368

A search for time-directional coincidences of ultra-high-energy (UHE) photons above 10 EeV with gravitational wave (GW) events from the LIGO/Virgo runs O1 to O3 is conducted with t…

astro-ph.HE2019

Multi-Messenger Physics with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +390

An overview of the multi-messenger capabilities of the Pierre Auger Observatory is presented. The techniques and performance of searching for Ultra-High Energy neutrinos, photons a…

astro-ph.HE2015

The Knee of the Cosmic Hydrogen and Helium Spectrum below 1 PeV Measured by ARGO-YBJ and a Cherenkov Telescope of LHAASO

B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini, X. J. Bi +93

The measurement of cosmic ray energy spectra, in particular for individual species, is an essential approach in finding their origin. Locating the "knees" of the spectra is an impo…

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.HE2026

Depth of Maximum of Air-Shower Profiles above 10^17.7 eV Measured with the Fluorescence Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +358

We present measurements of the depth of shower maximum, Xmax, for cosmic-ray-induced extensive air showers recorded by the fluorescence detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory ove…

astro-ph.HE2017

Search for High-energy Neutrinos from Binary Neutron Star Merger GW170817 with ANTARES, IceCube, and the Pierre Auger Observatory

A. Albert, M. Andre, M. Anghinolfi +1931

The Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo observatories recently discovered gravitational waves from a binary neutron star inspiral. A short gamma-ray burst (GRB) that followed the merg…

astro-ph.HE2018

Galactic Cosmic-Ray Anisotropy in the Northern hemisphere from the ARGO-YBJ Experiment during 2008-2012

B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini, X. J. Bi +69

This paper reports on the observation of the sidereal large-scale anisotropy of cosmic rays using data collected by the ARGO-YBJ experiment over 5 years (20082012). This analysi…

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.IM2011

Azimuthal modulation of cosmic ray flux as an effect of geomagnetic field in the ARGO-YBJ experiment

P. Bernardini, A. D'Amone, H. H. He +3

The geomagnetic field causes not only the East-West effect on the primary cosmic rays but also affects the trajectories of the secondary charged particles in the shower, causing th…

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.IM2021

Deep-Learning based Reconstruction of the Shower Maximum using the Water-Cherenkov Detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +370

The atmospheric depth of the air shower maximum is an observable commonly used for the determination of the nuclear mass composition of ultra-high energy cosmic…

astro-ph.HE2011

Long-term monitoring of the TeV emission from Mrk 421 with the ARGO-YBJ experiment

YBJ Collaboration, B. Bartoli, P. Bernardini +105

ARGO-YBJ is an air shower detector array with a fully covered layer of resistive plate chambers. It is operated with a high duty cycle and a large field of view. It continuously mo…

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.HE2022

Investigating Hadronic Interactions at Ultra-High Energies with the Pierre Auger Observatory

Isabel Goos, :, P. Abreu +374

The development of an extensive air shower depends not only on the nature of the primary ultra-high-energy cosmic ray but also on the properties of the hadronic interactions. For e…

astro-ph.HE2017

Inferences on Mass Composition and Tests of Hadronic Interactions from 0.3 to 100 EeV using the water-Cherenkov Detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +403

We present a new method for probing the hadronic interaction models at ultra-high energy and extracting details about mass composition. This is done using the time profiles of the…