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most citedCorrelation of the highest energy cosmic rays with nearby extragalactic objects

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astro-ph2007

Status and recent results from the Pierre Auger Observatory

J. R. T. de Mello Neto

We present the status and the recent measurements from the Pierre Auger Observatory. The energy spectrum will be described and its steepening discussed. The mass composition is add…

astro-ph2007★ 374 cited

Correlation of the highest-energy cosmic rays with the positions of nearby active galactic nuclei

The Pierre Auger Collaboration

Data collected by the Pierre Auger Observatory provide evidence for anisotropy in the arrival directions of the cosmic rays with the highest energies, which are correlated with the…

astro-ph2007★ 172 cited

Upper limit on the diffuse flux of UHE tau neutrinos from the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration

The surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory is sensitive to Earth-skimming tau-neutrinos that interact in the Earth's crust. Tau leptons from charged-cur…

astro-ph2007★ 788 cited

Correlation of the highest energy cosmic rays with nearby extragalactic objects

The Pierre Auger Collaboration

Using data collected at the Pierre Auger Observatory during the past 3.7 years, we demonstrated a correlation between the arrival directions of cosmic rays with energy above ~ 6x10…

astro-ph2007★ 1 cited

Search for Ultra-High Energy Photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory

M. D. Healy

Data taken at the Pierre Auger Observatory are used to search for air showers initiated by ultra-high energy (UHE) photons. Results of searches are reported from hybrid observation…

astro-ph2007★ 5 cited

Performance of the Pierre Auger Observatory Surface Detector

Tiina Suomijarvi

The Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory will consist of 1600 water Cherenkov tanks sampling ground particles of air showers produced by energetic cosmic rays. The arri…