1. Performance of the 433 m surface array of the Pierre Auger Observatory
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Pierre Auger Collaboration, Silli, Gaia, Abreu, Pedro, Aglietta, Marco, Albury, Justin M., Allekotte, Ingomar, Almela, Alejandro, Alvarez-Muniz, Jaime, Alves Batista, Rafael, Anastasi, Gioacchino Alex, Anchordoqui, Luis A., Andrada, Belén, Andringa, Sofia, Aramo, Carla, Araújo Ferreira, Paulo Ricardo, Arteaga Velazquez, Juan Carlos, Asorey, Hernán Gonzalo, Assis, Pedro, Avila, Gualberto, Badescu, Alina Mihaela, Bakalova, Alena, Balaceanu, Alexandru, Barbato, Felicia, Barreira Luz, Ricardo Jorge, Becker, Karl-Heinz, Bellido, Jose A., Berat, Corinne, Bertaina, Mario Edoardo, Bertou, Xavier, Biermann, Peter L., Binet, Virginia, Bismark, Kathrin, Bister, Terasa, Biteau, Jonathan, Blazek, Jiri, Bleve, Carla, Bohacova, Martina, Boncioli, Denise, Bonifazi, Carla, Bonneau Arbeletche, Luan, Borodai, Nataliia, Botti, Ana Martina, Brack, Jeffrey, Bretz, Thomas, Brichetto Orchera, P. Gabriel, Briechle, Florian Lukas, Buchholz, Peter, Bueno, Antonio, Buitink, Stijn, Buscemi, Mario, Büsken, Max, Caballero-Mora, Karen S., Caccianiga, Lorenzo, Canfora, Fabrizia, Caracas, Ioana, Carceller, Juan Miguel, Caruso, Rossella, Castellina, Antonella, Catalani, Fernando, Cataldi, Gabriella, Cazon, Lorenzo, Cerda, Marcos, Chinellato, Jose Augusto, Chudoba, Jiri, Chytka, Ladislav, Clay, Roger W., Cobos Cerutti, Agustín, Colalillo, Roberta, Coleman, Alan, Coluccia, Maria Rita, Conceição, Rúben, Condorelli, Antonio, Consolati, Giovanni, Contreras, Fernando, Convenga, Fabio, Correia dos Santos, Diego, Covault, Corbin, Dasso, Sergio, Daumiller, Kai, Dawson, Bruce R., Day, Jarryd A., Almeida, Rogerio M. de, Jesús, Joaquín de, Jong, Sijbrand J. de, De Mauro, Giuseppe, Mello Neto, João de, De Mitri, Ivan, Oliveira, Jaime de, Oliveira Franco, Danelise de, Palma, Francesco de, Souza, Vitor de, De Vito, Emanuele, Río, Mariano del, Deligny, Olivier, Deval, Luca, Matteo, Armando di, Dobrigkeit, Carola, D'Olivo, Juan Carlos, Domingues Mendes, Luis Miguel, Anjos, Rita dos, Santos, Diego dos, Dova, Maria Teresa, Ebr, Jan, Engel, Ralph, Epicoco, Italo, Erdmann, Martin, Escobar, Carlos O., Etchegoyen, Alberto, Falcke, Heino, Farmer, John, Farrar, Glennys R., Fauth, Anderson, Fazzini, Norberto, Feldbusch, Fridtjof, Fenu, Francesco, Fick, Brian, Figueira, Juan Manuel, Filipcic, Andrej, Fitoussi, Thomas, Fodran, Tomáš, Freire, Martín Miguel, Fujii, Toshihiro, Fuster, Alan, Galea, Cristina, Galelli, Claudio, García, Beatriz, García Vegas, Adrianna Luz, Gemmeke, Hartmut, Gesualdi, Flavia, Gherghel-Lascu, Alexandru, Ghia, Piera Luisa, Giaccari, Ugo, Giammarchi, Marco, Glombitza, Jonas, Gobbi, Fabian, Gollan, Fernando, Golup, Geraldina, Gómez Berisso, Mariano, Gómez Vitale, Primo F., Gongora, Juan Pablo, González, Juan Manuel, Gonzalez, Nicolas Martin, Goos, Isabel, Gora, Dariusz, Gorgi, Alessio, Gottowik, Marvin, Grubb, Trent D., Guarino, Fausto, Guedes, Germano, Guido, Eleonora, Hahn, Steffen, Hamal, Petr, Hampel, Matías Rolf, Hansen, Patricia María, Harari, Diego, Harvey, Violet M., Haungs, Andreas, Hebbeker, Thomas, Heck, Dieter, Hill, Gary C., Hojvat, Carlos, Hörandel, Jörg, Horvath, Pavel, Hrabovsky, Miroslav, Huege, Tim, Insolia, Antonio, Isar, Paula Gina, Janecek, Petr, Johnsen, Jeffrey A., Juryšek, Jakub, Kääpä, Alex, Kampert, Karl-Heinz, Karastathis, Nikolaos, Keilhauer, Bianca, Kemp, Julian, Khakurdikar, Abha, Kizakke Covilakam, Varada Varma, Klages, Hans, Kleifges, Matthias, Kleinfeller, Jonny, Köpke, Marcel, Kunka, Norbert, Lago, Bruno L., Lang, Rodrigo Guedes, Langner, Niklas, Leigui de Oliveira, Marcelo Augusto, Lenok, Vladimir, Letessier-Selvon, Antoine, Lhenry-Yvon, Isabelle, Lo Presti, Domenico, LOPES, Luis, López, Rebeca, Lu, Lu, Luce, Quentin, Lundquist, Jon Paul, Machado Payeras, Allan, Mancarella, Giovanni, Mandat, Dusan, Manning, Bradley C., Manshanden, Julien, Mantsch, Paul, Marafico, Sullivan, Mariazzi, Analisa, Maris, Ioana Codrina, Marsella, Giovanni, Martello, Daniele, Martinelli, Sara, Martínez Bravo, Oscar, Mastrodicasa, Massimo, Mathes, Hermann-Josef, Matthews, James, Matthiae, Giorgio, Mayotte, Eric, Mazur, Peter, Medina-Tanco, Gustavo, Melo, Diego, Menshikov, Alexander, Merenda, Kevin-Druis, Michal, Stanislav, Micheletti, Maria Isabel, Miramonti, Lino, Mollerach, Silvia, Montanet, François, Morello, Carlo, Mostafa, Miguel, Müller, Ana L., Muller, Marcio Aparecido, Mulrey, Katharine, Mussa, Roberto, Muzio, Marco Stein, Namasaka, Wilson M., Nasr-Esfahani, Alina, Nellen, Lukas, Niculescu-Oglinzanu, Mihai, Niechciol, Marcus, Nitz, Dave, Nosek, Dalibor, Novotný, Vladimír, Nozka, Libor, Nucita, Achille, Nunez, Luis A., Palatka, Miroslav, Pallotta, Juan, Papenbreer, Philipp, Parente, Gonzalo, Parra, Alejandra, Pawlowsky, Jannis, Pech, Miroslav, Pedreira, Francisco, Pękala, Jan, Pelayo, Rodrigo, Peña-Rodríguez, Jesús, Pereira Martins, Edyvania Emily, Perez Armand, Johnnier, Pérez Bertolli, Carmina, Perlin, Matías, Perrone, Lorenzo, Petrera, Sergio, Pierog, Tanguy, Pimenta, Mário, Pirronello, Valerio, Platino, Manuel, Pont, Bjarni, Pothast, Mart, Privitera, Paolo, Prouza, Michael, Puyleart, Andrew, Querchfeld, Sven, Rautenberg, Julian, Ravignani, Diego, Reininghaus, Maximilian, Ridky, Jan, Riehn, Felix, Risse, Markus, Rizi, Vincenzo, Rodrigues de Carvalho, Washington, Rodriguez Rojo, Jorge Rubén, Roncoroni, Matías J., Rossoni, Simone, Roth, Markus, Roulet, Esteban, Rovero, Adrian, Ruehl, Philip, Saffi, Steven J., Saftoiu, Alexandra, Salamida, Francesco, Salazar, Humberto Ibarguen, Salina, Gaetano, Sanabria Gomez, Jose, Sánchez, Federico Andrés, Santos, Edivaldo Moura, Santos, Eva, Sarazin, Fred, Sarmento, Raul, Sarmiento-Cano, Christian, Sato, Ricardo, Savina, Pierpaolo, Schäfer, Christoph M., Scherini, Viviana, Schieler, Harald, Schimassek, Martin, Schimp, Michael, Schlüter, Felix, Schmidt, David, Scholten, Olaf, Schovanek, Petr, Schröder, Frank G., Schröder, Sonja, Schulte, Josina, Sciutto, Sergio, Scornavacche, Marina, Segreto, Alberto, Sehgal, Srijan, Shellard, Ronald C., Sigl, Guenter, Sima, Octavian, Smida, Radomir, Sommers, Paul, Soriano, Jorge F., Souchard, Julien, Squartini, Ruben, Stadelmaier, Maximilian, Stanca, Denis, Stanič, Samo, Stasielak, Jaroslaw, Stassi, Patrick, Streich, Alexander, Suárez-Durán, Mauricio, Sudholz, Tristan, Suomijarvi, Tiina, Supanitsky, A. Daniel, Szadkowski, Zbigniew, Tapia, Alex, Taricco, Carla, Timmermans, Charles, Tkachenko, Olena, Tobiska, Petr, Todero Peixoto, Carlos J., Tomé, Bernardo, Torrès, Zoé, Travaini, Andres, Travnicek, Petr, Trimarelli, Caterina, Tueros, Matias, Ulrich, Ralf, Unger, Michael, Vaclavek, Lukáš, Vacula, Martin, Valdés Galicia, Jose F., Valore, Laura, Varela, Enrique, Vásquez-Ramírez, Adriana, Veberic, Darko, Ventura, Cynthia, Vergara Quispe, Indira D., Verzi, Valerio, Vicha, Jakub, Vink, Jacco, Vorobiov, Serguei, Wahlberg, Hernan, Watanabe Oliveira, Clara Keiko, Watson, Alan, Weber, Marc, Weindl, Andreas, Wiencke, Lawrence, Wilczyński, Henryk, Wirtz, Marcus, Wittkowski, David, Wundheiler, Brian, Yushkov, Alexey, Zapparrata, Orazio, Zas, Enrique, Zavrtanik, Danilo, Zavrtanik, Marko, and Zehrer, Lukas
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Physics ,Pierre Auger Observatory ,Photon ,Astronomy ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,Galactic Center ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,Flux ,Computational physics ,Auger ,Distribution function ,Observatory ,Experimental High Energy Physics ,ddc:530 ,High Energy Physics ,Energy (signal processing) - Abstract
The Pierre Auger Observatory, located in western Argentina, is the world's largest cosmic-ray observatory. While it was originally built to study the cosmic-ray flux above $10^{18.5}~$eV, several enhancements have reduced this energy threshold. One such enhancement is a surface array composed of a triangular grid of $19$ water-Cherenkov detectors separated by $433~$m (SD-433) to explore the energies down to about $10^{16}~$eV. We are developing two research lines employing the SD-433. Firstly, we will measure the energy spectrum in a region where previous experiments have shown evidence of the second knee. Secondly, we will search for ultra-high energy photons to study PeV cosmic-ray sources residing in the Galactic center. In this work, we introduce the SD-433 and we show that it is fully efficient above $5\times 10^{16}~$eV for hadronic primaries with $\theta < 45^\circ$. Using seven years of data, we present the parametrization of the lateral distribution function of measured signals. Finally, we show that an angular resolution of $1.8^\circ$ ($0.5^\circ$) can be attained at the lowest (highest) primary energies. Our study lays the goundmark for measurements in the energy range above $10^{16}~$eV by utilizing the SD-433 and thus expanding the scientific output of the Auger surface detector.
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- 2021