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most citedObservation of a Large-scale Anisotropy in the Arrival Directions of Cosmic Rays above eV

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astro-ph.IM2024★ 32 cited

EUSO-SPB1 Mission and Science

EUSO Collaboration, G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe +292

The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 1 (EUSO-SPB1) was launched in 2017 April from Wanaka, New Zealand. The plan of this mission of opportunity on a N…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 11 cited

Developments and results in the context of the JEM-EUSO program obtained with the ESAF Simulation and Analysis Framework

S. Abe, J. H. Adams, D. Allard +172

JEM--EUSO is an international program for the development of space-based Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Ray observatories. The program consists of a series of missions which are either u…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

Ground observations of a space laser for the assessment of its in-orbit performance

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, O. Lux, I. Krisch +380

The wind mission Aeolus of the European Space Agency was a groundbreaking achievement for Earth observation. Between 2018 and 2023, the space-borne lidar instrument ALADIN onboard…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 1 cited

LOPES 3D -- studies on the benefits of EAS-radio measurements with vertically aligned antennas

D. Huber, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez +54

The LOPES experiment was a radio interferometer built at the existing air shower array KASCADE-Grande in Karlsruhe, Germany. The last configuration of LOPES was called LOPES 3D and…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 4 cited

The FRAM robotic telescope for atmospheric monitoring at the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +377

FRAM (F/Photometric Robotic Atmospheric Monitor) is a robotic telescope operated at the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina for the purposes of atmospheric monitoring using stell…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 30 cited

Deep-Learning based Reconstruction of the Shower Maximum using the Water-Cherenkov Detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +370

The atmospheric depth of the air shower maximum is an observable commonly used for the determination of the nuclear mass composition of ultra-high energy cosmic…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 8 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 21 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 24 cited

First observations of speed of light tracks by a fluorescence detector looking down on the atmosphere

G. Abdellaoui, S. Abe, J. H. Adams +311

EUSO-Balloon is a pathfinder mission for the Extreme Universe Space Observatory onboard the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM-EUSO). It was launched on the moonless night of the 25$^…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 65 cited

Observation of inclined EeV air showers with the radio detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +392

With the Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA) of the Pierre Auger Observatory, we have observed the radio emission from 561 extensive air showers with zenith angles between 60$^\ci…

astro-ph.IM2017★ 18 cited

Spectral Calibration of the Fluorescence Telescopes of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +403

We present a novel method to measure precisely the relative spectral response of the fluorescence telescopes of the Pierre Auger Observatory. We used a portable light source based…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 103 cited

The Pierre Auger Observatory Upgrade - Preliminary Design Report

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +462

The Pierre Auger Observatory has begun a major Upgrade of its already impressive capabilities, with an emphasis on improved mass composition determination using the surface detecto…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 1 cited

Revised absolute amplitude calibration of the LOPES experiment

K. Link, T. Huege, W. D. Apel +54

One of the main aims of the LOPES experiment was the evaluation of the absolute amplitude of the radio signal of air showers. This is of special interest since the radio technique…

astro-ph.IM2015

Investigation of the radio wavefront of air showers with LOPES measurements and CoREAS simulations (ARENA 2014)

F. G. Schröder, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez +54

We investigated the radio wavefront of cosmic-ray air showers with LOPES measurements and CoREAS simulations: the wavefront is of approximately hyperbolic shape and its steepness i…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 79 cited

Reconstruction of the energy and depth of maximum of cosmic-ray air-showers from LOPES radio measurements

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-Velazquez, L. Bähren +53

LOPES is a digital radio interferometer located at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, which measures radio emission from extensive air showers at MHz frequencies in…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 10 cited

Origin of atmospheric aerosols at the Pierre Auger Observatory using studies of air mass trajectories in South America

Pierre Auger Collaboration, Gabriele Curci

The Pierre Auger Observatory is making significant contributions towards understanding the nature and origin of ultra-high energy cosmic rays. One of its main challenges is the mon…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 17 cited

The Atmospheric Monitoring system of the JEM-EUSO telescope

S. Toscano, A. Neronov, M. D. Rodríguez Frías +1

The JEM-EUSO observatory on board of the International Space Station (ISS) is a proposed pioneering space mission devoted to the investigation of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays (UHE…

astro-ph.IM2013

Comparison of LOPES data and CoREAS simulations using a full detector simulation (ICRC2013)

K. Link, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga-VelÁzquez +53

The LOPES experiment at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, has been measuring radio emission of air showers for almost 10 years. For a better understanding of the emis…

astro-ph.IM2013

Vectorial Radio Interferometry with LOPES 3D

D. Huber, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga +53

One successful detection technique for high-energy cosmic rays is based on the radio signal emitted by the charged particles in an air shower. The LOPES experiment at Karlsruhe Ins…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 7 cited

Reconstructing energy and Xmax of cosmic ray air showers using the radio lateral distribution measured with LOPES

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga, L. Bähren +53

The LOPES experiment, a digital radio interferometer located at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), obtained remarkable results for the detection of radio emission from extens…

astro-ph.IM2013

Mass sensitivity in the radio lateral distribution function

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga, L. Bähren +56

Measuring the mass composition of ultra-high energy cosmic rays is one of the main tasks in the cosmic rays field. Here we are exploring the composition signature in the coherent e…

astro-ph.IM2013

LOPES 3D reconfiguration and first measurements

D. Huber, W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga +56

The Radio detection technique of high-energy cosmic rays is based on the radio signal emitted by the charged particles in an air shower due to their deflection in the Earth's magne…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 17 cited

LOPES-3D, an antenna array for full signal detection of air-shower radio emission

W. D. Apel, J. C. Arteaga, L. Bähren +56

To better understand the radio signal emitted by extensive air-showers and to further develop the radio detection technique of high-energy cosmic rays, the LOPES experiment was rec…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 37 cited

Techniques for Measuring Aerosol Attenuation using the Central Laser Facility at the Pierre Auger Observatory

Pierre Auger Collaboration

The Pierre Auger Observatory in Malargüe, Argentina, is designed to study the properties of ultra-high energy cosmic rays with energies above 1018 eV. It is a hybrid facility that…