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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…
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…
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,…
Search for UHE neutrinos from GRBs with the Pierre Auger Observatory
Yago Lema-Capeans
We report on the search for ultra-high-energy neutrinos from the prompt emission of gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) using Surface Detector (SD) data from Phase I of the Pierre Auger Observ…
Road map for the tuning of hadronic interaction models with accelerator-based and astroparticle data
Johannes Albrecht, Julia Becker Tjus, Noah Behling +52
In high-energy and astroparticle physics, event generators play an essential role, even in the simplest data analyses. As analysis techniques become more sophisticated, e.g. based…
From collider to cosmic rays: Pythia 8/Angantyr for air shower simulations in CORSIKA 8
Chloé Gaudu, Maximilian Reininghaus, Felix Riehn
The simulation of extensive air showers is pivotal for advancing our understanding of high-energy cosmic ray interactions in Earth's atmosphere. The CORSIKA 8 framework is being de…
Improving Air Shower Simulations by Tuning Pythia 8/Angantyr with Accelerator Data
Michael Windau, Chloé Gaudu, Karl-Heinz Kampert +1
We present a combined analysis of the Pythia 8 event generator using accelerator data and evaluate its impact on air shower observables. Reliable simulations with event generators…
New full-sky studies of the distribution of ultra-high-energy cosmic-ray arrival directions
A. Gálvez Ureña, L. Anchordoqui, M. Bianciotto +17
Ground-based full-sky studies of the angular distribution of arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays require combining data from different observatories, such as the Pi…
Study of solar activity with AERA at the Pierre Auger Observatory
R. M. de Almeida
Solar activity events release vast amounts of energy, including radio waves, X-rays, ultraviolet radiation, and energetic particles, which interact with the ionosphere of the Earth…
The Scintillator Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration
Data collected so far by the Pierre Auger Observatory have enabled major advances in ultra-high energy cosmic ray physics and demonstrated that improved determination of masses of…
The Pierre Auger Observatory: Contributions to the 39th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2025)
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +352
The Pierre Auger Observatory, located in La Pampa Amarilla, Argentina, has been continuously acquiring data since 2004. It comprises a surface detector array covering 3,000 km…
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…
The Energy Spectrum of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays across Declinations to as measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +360
The energy spectrum of cosmic rays above 2.5 EeV has been measured across the declination range using data from events accrued at…
Scaler rates from the Pierre Auger Observatory: a new proxy of solar activity
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, I. Bizzarri, C. Dionese +1
The modulation of low-energy galactic cosmic rays reflects interplanetary magnetic field variations and can provide useful information on solar activity. An array of ground-surface…
A search for the anomalous events detected by ANITA using the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +374
A dedicated search for upward-going air showers at zenith angles exceeding and energies EeV has been performed using the Fluorescence Detector of the Pierre Aug…
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…
Pythia 8 and Air Shower Simulations: A Tuning Perspective
Chloé Gaudu
The Pierre Auger Observatory has revealed a significant challenge in air shower physics: a discrepancy between the simulated and observed muon content in cosmic-ray interactions, k…
Status of the CORSIKA 8 particle-shower simulation code
Chloé Gaudu
For over two decades, CORSIKA 7 and its previous versions have been the leading Monte Carlo code for simulating extensive air showers. However, its monolithic Fortran-based softwar…
CORSIKA 8 with Pythia 8: Simulating Vertical Proton Showers
Chloé Gaudu, Maximilian Reininghaus, Felix Riehn
The field of air shower physics, dedicated to understanding the development of cosmic-ray interactions with the Earth's atmosphere, faces a significant challenge regarding the muon…
Simulating radio emission from particle cascades with CORSIKA 8
J. M. Alameddine, J. Albrecht, J. Ammerman-Yebra +27
CORSIKA 8 is a new framework for simulations of particle cascades in air and dense media implemented in modern C++17, based on past experience with existing codes, in particular CO…
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…
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…
Search for photons above 10 eV by simultaneously measuring the atmospheric depth and the muon content of air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +364
The Pierre Auger Observatory is the most sensitive instrument to detect photons with energies above eV. It measures extensive air showers generated by ultra high energy c…
Measurement of the Depth of Maximum of Air-Shower Profiles with energies between and eV using the Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory and Deep Learning
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Abdul Halim, P. Abreu +364
We report an investigation of the mass composition of cosmic rays with energies from 3 to 100 EeV (1 EeV= eV) using the distributions of the depth of shower maximum $X_\ma…