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Shower Studies at around $10^{18}$ eV with the Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory
- Source :
- 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference, International Cosmic Ray Conference 28 ICRC 2003, International Cosmic Ray Conference 28 ICRC 2003, Jul 2003, Tsukuba, Japan. pp.337-340, HAL
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- HAL CCSD, 2003.
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Abstract
- Three months of data taken by the Engineering Array Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory have been analyzed with the aim of setting a procedure for the study of showers at E_0 ~ 10^18 eV. We present the results, concerning: (i) the selection procedure and the check of its efficiency; (ii) the event rate and its stability; (iii) the characteristics of such events (i.e., angular direction, energy estimator S(1000), rise time vs core distance, correlation with pressure) showing their consistency with the expectations. The performances of the whole Surface Detector of the Auger Observatory are discussed.<br />Comment: Talk given at 28th International Cosmic Ray Conferences (ICRC 2003), Tsukuba, Japan, 31 Jul - 7 Aug 2003
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- 28th International Cosmic Ray Conference, International Cosmic Ray Conference 28 ICRC 2003, International Cosmic Ray Conference 28 ICRC 2003, Jul 2003, Tsukuba, Japan. pp.337-340, HAL
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8d7768ee131eb0278d36275df4cab078