Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Mean number in highly inclined events

A Aab, P Abreu, M Aglietta, EJ Ahn, I Al Samarai… - Physical Review D, 2015 - APS
We present the first hybrid measurement of the average muon number in air showers at
ultrahigh energies, initiated by cosmic rays with zenith angles between 62° and 80°. The …

[HTML][HTML] The Pierre Auger cosmic ray observatory

Pierre Auger Collaboration - … and Methods in Physics Research Section …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pierre Auger Observatory, located on a vast, high plain in western Argentina, is
the world׳ s largest cosmic ray observatory. The objectives of the Observatory are to probe …

Measurement of the fluctuations in the number of muons in extensive air showers with the Pierre Auger Observatory

A Aab, P Abreu, M Aglietta, JM Albury, I Allekotte… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
We present the first measurement of the fluctuations in the number of muons in extensive air
showers produced by ultrahigh energy cosmic rays. We find that the measured fluctuations …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-messenger physics with the Pierre Auger Observatory

KH Kampert, M Alejandro Mostafa, E Zas… - Frontiers in astronomy …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
An overview of the multi-messenger capabilities of the Pierre Auger Observatory is
presented. The techniques and performance of searching for Ultra-High Energy neutrinos …

[HTML][HTML] Reconstruction of events recorded with the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

A Aab, P Abreu, M Aglietta, JM Albury… - Journal of …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The intensity of cosmic rays with energies above∼ 1014 eV is only a few particles per
square meter per day and thus too low to allow for direct measurement with satisfactory …

[HTML][HTML] The Pierre Auger Observatory: review of latest results and perspectives

D Gora, Pierre Auger Collaboration - Universe, 2018 - mdpi.com
The Pierre Auger Observatory is the world's largest operating detection system for the
observation of ultra high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs), with energies above 10 17 eV. The …

[PDF][PDF] A large radio detector at the Pierre Auger Observatory-measuring the properties of cosmic rays up to the highest energies

B Pont - 2021 - repository.ubn.ru.nl
The Pierre Auger Observatory, located in western Argentina, is the world's largest cosmicray
Observatory [1]. The objectives of the Observatory are to probe the origin and characteristics …

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

A Aab, P Abreu, M Aglietta… - … of Cosmology and …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
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◦ …

Radio measurements of the depth of air-shower maximum at the Pierre Auger Observatory

A Abdul Halim, P Abreu, M Aglietta, I Allekotte… - Physical Review D, 2024 - APS
The Auger Engineering Radio Array (AERA), part of the Pierre Auger Observatory, is
currently the largest array of radio antenna stations deployed for the detection of cosmic …

Signal model and event reconstruction for the radio detection of inclined air showers

F Schlüter, T Huege - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The detection of inclined air showers (zenith angles θ≳ 65) with kilometer-spaced radio-
antenna arrays allows measuring cosmic rays at ultra-high energies (E≲ 10 20 eV). Radio …