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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…
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…
QUBIC I: Overview and ScienceProgram
J. -Ch. Hamilton, L. Mousset, E. S. Battistelli +127
The Q U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a novel kind of polarimeter optimized for the measurement of the B-mode polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Backgro…
QUBIC II: Spectro-Polarimetry with Bolometric Interferometry
L. Mousset, M. M. Gamboa Lerena, E. S. Battistelli +128
Bolometric interferometry is a novel technique that has the ability to perform spectral imaging. A bolometric interferometer observes the sky in a wide frequency band and can recon…
Cosmic ray anisotropies from transient extragalactic sources
Diego Harari, Silvia Mollerach, Esteban Roulet
We study the spectrum and anisotropies of ultrahigh energy cosmic ray transient sources, accounting for the effects of their propagation through the turbulent extragalactic magneti…
QUBIC VII: The feedhorn-switch system of the technological demonstrator
F. Cavaliere, A. Mennella, M. Zannoni +128
We present the design, manufacturing and performance of the horn-switch system developed for the technological demonstrator of QUBIC (the \& Bolometric Interferometer for Cos…
QUBIC VI: cryogenic half wave plate rotator, design and performances
G. D'Alessandro, L. Mele, F. Columbro +126
Inflation Gravity Waves B-Modes polarization detection is the ultimate goal of modern large angular scale cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments around the world. A big effo…
QUBIC V: Cryogenic system design and performance
S. Masi, E. S. Battistelli, P. de Bernardis +126
Current experiments aimed at measuring the polarization of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) use cryogenic detector arrays and cold optical systems to boost the mapping speed o…
QUBIC VIII: Optical design and performance
C. O'Sullivan, M. De Petris, G. Amico +126
The Q and U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) is a ground-based experiment that aims to detect B-mode polarisation anisotropies in the CMB at angular scales around th…
QUBIC III: Laboratory Characterization
S. A. Torchinsky, J. -Ch. Hamilton, M. Piat +125
A prototype version of the Q & U Bolometric Interferometer for Cosmology (QUBIC) underwent a campaign of testing in the laboratory at Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology in Paris.…
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…
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…
Reconstruction of Events Recorded with the Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +378
Cosmic rays arriving at Earth collide with the upper parts of the atmosphere, thereby inducing extensive air showers. When secondary particles from the cascade arrive at the ground…
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…
Search for magnetically-induced signatures in the arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory
The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +372
We search for signals of magnetically-induced effects in the arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays detected at the Pierre Auger Observatory. We apply two different me…
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…
Full-sky searches for anisotropies in UHECR arrival directions with the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array
A. di Matteo, T. Bister, J. Biteau +14
The arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays appear to be approximately isotropically distributed over the whole sky, but the last-generation UHECR detector arrays, the…