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most citedObservation of the suppression of the flux of cosmic rays above 4x10^19eV

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astro-ph.HE2015★ 179 cited

An improved limit to the diffuse flux of ultra-high energy neutrinos from the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, Alexander Aab, Pedro Abreu +462

Neutrinos in the cosmic ray flux with energies near 1 EeV and above are detectable with the Surface Detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory. We report here on searches throu…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 61 cited

Large scale distribution of ultra high energy cosmic rays detected at the Pierre Auger Observatory with zenith angles up to 80

The Pierre Auger Collaboration

We present the results of an analysis of the large angular scale distribution of the arrival directions of cosmic rays with energy above 4 EeV detected at the Pierre Auger Observat…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 210 cited

Searches for Anisotropies in the Arrival Directions of the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays Detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory

Pierre Auger Collaboration

We analyze the distribution of arrival directions of ultra-high energy cosmic rays recorded at the Pierre Auger Observatory in 10 years of operation. The data set, about three time…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 17 cited

Search for patterns by combining cosmic-ray energy and arrival directions at the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration

Energy-dependent patterns in the arrival directions of cosmic rays are searched for using data of the Pierre Auger Observatory. We investigate local regions around the highest-ener…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 309 cited

Depth of Maximum of Air-Shower Profiles at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Composition Implications

Pierre Auger Collaboration

Using the data taken at the Pierre Auger Observatory between December 2004 and December 2012, we have examined the implications of the distributions of depths of atmospheric shower…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 390 cited

Depth of Maximum of Air-Shower Profiles at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Measurements at Energies above 10^17.8 eV

Pierre Auger Collaboration

We report a study of the distributions of the depth of maximum, Xmax, of extensive air-shower profiles with energies above 10^17.8 eV as observed with the fluorescence telescopes o…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 259 cited

Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Mean number in highly inclined events

Pierre Auger Collaboration

We present the first hybrid measurement of the average muon number in air showers at ultra-high energies, initiated by cosmic rays with zenith angles between and $80^\ci…

astro-ph.HE2014★ 23 cited

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.HE2014★ 37 cited

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.HE2014★ 132 cited

Probing the radio emission from air showers with polarization measurements

Pierre Auger Collaboration

The emission of radio waves from air showers has been attributed to the so-called geomagnetic emission process. At frequencies around 50 MHz this process leads to coherent radiatio…

astro-ph.HE2013★ 56 cited

Ultrahigh Energy Neutrinos at the Pierre Auger Observatory

Pierre Auger Collaboration

The observation of ultrahigh energy (UHE) neutrinos has become a priority in experimental astroparticle physics. UHE neutrinos can be detected with a variety of techniques. In part…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 102 cited

Constraints on the origin of cosmic rays above eV from large scale anisotropy searches in data of the Pierre Auger Observatory

Pierre Auger Collaboration

A thorough search for large scale anisotropies in the distribution of arrival directions of cosmic rays detected above eV at the Pierre Auger Observatory is reported. For…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 77 cited

A Search for Point Sources of EeV Neutrons

The Pierre Auger Collaboration

A thorough search of the sky exposed at the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory reveals no statistically significant excess of events in any small solid angle that would be indicat…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 10 cited

A search for anisotropy in the arrival directions of ultra high energy cosmic rays recorded at the Pierre Auger Observatory

Pierre Auger Collaboration

Observations of cosmic ray arrival directions made with the Pierre Auger Observatory have previously provided evidence of anisotropy at the 99% CL using the correlation of ultra hi…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 76 cited

Search for Point-Like Sources of Ultra-High Energy Neutrinos at the Pierre Auger Observatory and Improved Limit on the Diffuse Flux of Tau Neutrinos

Pierre Auger Collaboration

The Surface Detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory can detect neutrinos with energy between 10^17 eV and 10^20 eV from point-like sources across the sky south of +55 deg an…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 55 cited

Large scale distribution of arrival directions of cosmic rays detected above eV at the Pierre Auger Observatory

Pierre Auger Collaboration

A thorough search for large scale anisotropies in the distribution of arrival directions of cosmic rays detected above eV at the Pierre Auger Observatory is presented. Th…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 78 cited

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.HE2009★ 150 cited

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.HE2009★ 133 cited

Limit on the diffuse flux of ultra-high energy tau neutrinos with the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration

Data collected at the Pierre Auger Observatory are used to establish an upper limit on the diffuse flux of tau neutrinos in the cosmic radiation. Earth-skimming may interact…