Hybrid Detection of UHECR with the Pierre Auger Observatory

Abstract

The Pierre Auger Observatory detects ultra-high energy cosmic rays by implementing two complementary air-shower techniques. The combination of a large ground array and fluorescence detectors, known as the "hybrid" concept, means that a rich variety of measurements can be made on a single shower, providing much improved information over what is possible with either detector alone. In this paper the hybrid reconstruction approach and its performance are described.

arXiv commentPresented at the Vulcano Workshop 2006 "Frontier Objects in Astrophysics and Particle Physics". The proceedings will be published in the Proceedings Series of the Italian Physical Society and edited by F. Giovannelli & G. Mannocchi