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

409 citations · 1.3k across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

astro-ph.HE2019★ 7 cited

The expectation of cosmic ray proton and helium energy spectrum below 4 PeV measured by LHAASO

L. Q. Yin, S. S. Zhang, Z. Cao +9

Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory(LHAASO) is a composite cosmic ray observatory consisting of three detector arrays: kilometer square array (KM2A) which includes the elect…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 25 cited

Measurement of the average shape of longitudinal profiles of cosmic-ray air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +385

The profile of the longitudinal development of showers produced by ultra-high energy cosmic rays carries information related to the interaction properties of the primary particles…

astro-ph.HE2018★ 133 cited

Large-scale cosmic-ray anisotropies above 4 EeV measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +374

We present a detailed study of the large-scale anisotropies of cosmic rays with energies above 4 EeV measured using the Pierre Auger Observatory. For the energy bins [4,8] EeV and…

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.HE2018★ 258 cited

Indication of anisotropy in arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays through comparison to the flux pattern of extragalactic gamma-ray sources

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +390

A new analysis of the dataset from the Pierre Auger Observatory provides evidence for anisotropy in the arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays on an intermediate angul…

astro-ph.HE2017

Inferences on Mass Composition and Tests of Hadronic Interactions from 0.3 to 100 EeV using the water-Cherenkov Detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory

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

We present a new method for probing the hadronic interaction models at ultra-high energy and extracting details about mass composition. This is done using the time profiles of the…

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.HE2017★ 409 cited

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

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +404

Cosmic rays are atomic nuclei arriving from outer space that reach the highest energies observed in nature. Clues to their origin come from studying the distribution of their arriv…

hep-ex2016★ 236 cited

Testing Hadronic Interactions at Ultrahigh Energies with Air Showers Measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +435

Ultrahigh energy cosmic ray air showers probe particle physics at energies beyond the reach of accelerators. Here we introduce a new method to test hadronic interaction models with…

astro-ph.HE2016★ 51 cited

Ultrahigh-energy neutrino follow-up of Gravitational Wave events GW150914 and GW151226 with the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +410

On September 14, 2015 the Advanced LIGO detectors observed their first gravitational-wave (GW) transient GW150914. This was followed by a second GW event observed on December 26, 2…

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.HE2016★ 28 cited

Azimuthal asymmetry in the risetime of the surface detector signals of the Pierre Auger Observatory

The Pierre Auger Collaboration, A. Aab, P. Abreu +436

The azimuthal asymmetry in the risetime of signals in Auger surface detector stations is a source of information on shower development. The azimuthal asymmetry is due to a combinat…