The Fluorescence Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

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The Fluorescence Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

D. H. Koang Jose Chinellato C. Guerard Markus Risse U. Cotti Mariangela Settimo G. Sequieros Alexey Yushkov A. Letessier-selvon B. Rouill-d'orfeuil Piotr Homola P. Facal San Luis P. Facal San Luis M. Grigat G. Wrner Vasiliki Pavlidou R. M. Kieckhafer Juan Moreno J. Rautenberg L. Prado Lorenzo Cazon O. Wainberg O. Blanch-bigas D. Gra D. Gra J. Kleinfeller G. Matthiae H. M. Spinka H. M. Spinka A. Filipi J. D. Swain G. Rodriguez G. De La Vega A. Criss Iván Sidelnik M. Pimenta M. Pontz P. Clark Catherine Newman-holmes W. C. Brown Antonio Bueno Sergio Pastor A. C. Fauth Mario Scuderi M. G. Winnick P. Lebrun Karen S. Caballero-mora O. Krmer Martin Erdmann V. H. Ponce Marcos Santander Roger W Clay Jiri Chudoba D. Allard J. Pouryamout Carla Bonifazi O. Tacu Jose A. Bellido Jose A. Bellido Daniel Kuempel J. Rodriguez Rojo Carlos Escobar Gennaro Miele Gualberto Avila J. Gutirrez P. Bauleo Ingomar Allekotte M. Kleifges Peter Mazur A. Creusot Tonia M. Venters Valerio Pirronello B. Revenu R. Fonte Jesús Alberto Martínez Castro I. Lhenry-yvon J. R. Hrandel Jaime Rosado C. Morello Paul Sommers K. D. De Vries A. Cordier S. Maldera Enrique Zas I. M. Pepe G. Hofman Warner A. Miller O. Martnez Bravo I. Valio N. Nierstenhoefer Ioana Codrina Maris Angela V. Olinto D. Dornic C. J. Todero Peixoto R. Cester A. Lemiere J. Knapp A. Lopez Agëra M. Monasor B. Morales D. Harari Matthias Leuthold Alessandro Petrolini A. Dorofeev N. Barenthien J. Schovancova D. Nicotra C. H. Wiebusch P. N. Dong N. Pacheco E. Trovato C. Pfendner B. J. Whelan Graciela B. Gelmini B. R. Becker V. Halenka W. Fulgione J. D. Hague C. Di Giulio M. De Domenico D. Maurizio J. Lozano Bahilo Segev Benzvi Fernando Contreras Alexander Schmidt M. Hussain Fabian Schmidt Hermann-josef Mathes Ralph Engel J. Pallotta K. Arisaka E. J. Quel F. Snchez N. T. Thao D. Warner F. Arqueros C. Wileman Juan Carlos D'olivo T. Pierog N.r. Wild R. Conceio P. Necesal Patrick Allison U. Giaccari C. Aramo Esteban Roulet Corbin Covault Y. Petrov B. Tom J. Sorokin Pham Ngoc Diep Tristan Beau A. Stutz Antonio Insolia Osvaldo Catalano A. Belltoile T. Pinto E. M. Santos A. Krieger Heiko Geenen J. Gitto B. Wundheiler Fabrizio Ortolani Peter L. Biermann Alexander Grillo S. Fliescher Michael Urban Piera Luisa Ghia Lisa M. Goggin R. Bruijn Magdalena Malek N. Guardone S. Coutu R. Mussa J. J. Beatty Maria-teresa Dova D. Nitz Silvia Mollerach J. Coppens Gregory R Snow P. H. Kasper Bruce R. Dawson Richard Dallier E. Tusi Lino Miramonti H. Wilczyski Nicolás G. Busca M. I. Micheletti R. Mda M. Nyklicek M. Roberts L. Valore J. Oehlschlger S. Navas L. Perrone L. Villaseor M. Melissas Tim Huege Heino Falcke Heino Falcke T. Suomijrvi A. Segreto S. Riggi G. Wieczorek Ricardo Piegaia Marco Iarlori T. Schmidt P. T. Nhung A. Ferrero H. C. Reis B. Wilczyska H. Kern Hernan Wahlberg A. Chiavassa K. B. Barber L. R. Wiencke Germano Guedes Olivier Deligny E. Colombo J. R. Vzquez J. Grygar N. Fazzini R. Squartini John L. Harton Markus Roth Fausto Guarino M. S.a.b. Leo X. Garrido I. De Mitri Dieter Heck T. Paul B. L. Lago C. Aguirre Wagner Carvalho Dusan Mandat F. Nerling A. Tamburro E. D. Fraenkel K. Gibbs Arnulfo Zepeda G. Decerprit D. Veberi Olivier Ravel T. Tarutina Rossella Caruso Pietro Oliva A. Lucero G. La Rosa I. Zaw Subir Sarkar A. Redondo D.v. Semikoz M. Horvat Pascal Lautridou E. Menichetti A. Della Selva Ernesto Arganda R. Meyhandan S. Reucroft M. A. Leigui De Oliveira R. Tcaciuc M. Ambrosio F. Schssler H. Blmer C. Delle Fratte Alexander Kusenko A. F. Barbosa M. Ave Antonio Velarde B. M. Baughman Paolo Privitera A. Chou A. Chou F. Schroeder R. Ticona R. Lpez F. Daudo F. Bracci A. Anzalone V. De Souza Beatriz B. Siffert G. Schleif P. Schiffer F. Salamida V. M. Olmos-gilbaja S. Parlati G. Medina-tanco R. C. Shellard Gaetano Salina S. Schulte A.m. Van Den Berg P. Schovnek D. Nosek Y. Guardincerri M. Hrabovsk M.e. Ortiz German Ros German Ros M. Zavrtanik M. Palatka R. E. Burton P. W. Younk B. E. Smith Michael Duvernois Julien Aublin M. Videla L. Voyvodic Christopher Morris C. J.w.p. Timmermans Andreas Kopmann B. Garca L. Del Peral H. Schoorlemmer Fred Sarazin Lukas Nellen C. E. Fracchiolla V. C. Holmes D. Lebrun I. Dutan D. Schuster J. Alvarez-muiz Kai Daumiller J. Chauvin D. D'urso H. J. M. Barbosa I. Rodriguez-cabo L. Caramete H. Gemmeke P. Gonalves D. Garcia-pinto Corinne Berat M. Giller John G. Lee W. J. M. De Mello Junior E. Parizot C. E. Santo J. Rodriguez Martino J. Petrovic D. Newton F. Marchetto Sergio Sciutto M. Bohov M. Bohov Ralf Ulrich Ivor Fleck M. Mcewen K. Louedec M. Mucchi M. C. Maccarone A. Bacher D. Melo H. Dembinski Ofelia Pisanti S. Dagoret-campagne M. Patel Paul M. Mantsch W. Tkaczyk G. Yuan Matias Tueros D. Martello M. D. Rodrguez-fras V. Verzi H. Wu D. Pakk Selmi-dei R. Sato Daniel Omar Badagnani B. Connolly B. Keilhauer S. Hartmann Eun-joo Ahn J. Pochon S. Gambetta P. Bernardini D. B. Tridapalli H. Hucker J. Allen O. Martineau J. L. Navarro A. Pichel N. Scharf Daniel Gonzalez R. R. Mcneil S. Argir J. Cuautle G. Vitali M. Unger François Montanet R. Pesce K. H. Becker V. Grassi H. Schieler E. Petermann Miroslav Pech Karl-heinz Kampert Antonella Castellina H. Bolz Jan Ridky Serguei Vorobiov A. Tonachini A. Tamashiro P.f. Gómez Vitale M. Kaducak G. Parente A. Smiakowski Pedro Brogueira Ernesto Kemp P. Gouffon M. S. Sutherland H. R. Marquez Falcon D. Monnier Ragaigne S. Harmsma D. Garca Gmez R. Bonino Danilo Zavrtanik Jeffrey Brack Olaf Scholten C. Macolino Francesc Ferrer Sofia Andringa Humberto Ibarguen Salazar C. Hojvat Sergio Petrera S. Grebe A. C. Rovero C. Bleve E. Strazzeri J. G. Gonzalez J. G. Gonzalez J. Abraham H.o. Klages Alberto Filevich Peter Hansen Vincenzo Rizi John Matthews John Matthews Peter Buchholz M. Gonalves Do Amaral M. Ziolkowski C. De Donato H. Glass Marco Aglietta G. Navarra I. Torres C. A. Moura S. L.c. Barroso T. Yamamoto Brian Fick P.p. Trapani J. A.j. Matthews Xavier Bertou F. Suarez Thomas Hebbeker Denis Tcherniakhovski R. Knapik M. Prouza Pedro Assis A. Etchegoyen P. Abreu D. Ravignani Javier Tiffenberg C. Rivire H. Lyberis B. Kgl Luis A. Anchordoqui M. Platino Francisco J. Blanco F. Gomez Albarracin V. Scherini J. R. T. De Mello Neto G. Raia D. V. Camin E. Bollmann G. Hebrero A. Gorgi J. C. Dos Anjos M. D. Healy J. S. Díaz Petr Travnicek A. Italiano S. Jiraskova A. Menshikov A. G. Mariazzi C. Robledo D. Kruppke-hansen Marcio Aparecido Muller G. Golup N. Kunka G. Tristram M. Mostaf T. Rossler T. Asch L. Noka S. Mueller B. Oßwald J. F. Valds Galicia C. Lachaud J. Chye A. Haungs J. W. Cronin F. A. S. Rezende Nataliia Borodai Z. Szadkowski S. J. De Jong R. Gumbsheimer Pierre Billoir D. Thomas A. Curutiu R. A. Vzquez J. Pȩkala A. G. K. Smith T. Karova A. Horneffer P. Petrinca Carola Dobrigkeit R. F. Gamarra P. Wahrlich V. Tuci A. D. Supanitsky Hernán Asorey F. Ionita K. Payet R. M. De Almeida E. Grashorn M. Gmez Berisso F. Arneodo A. Cordero S. Westerhoff T. Bcker M. Gold Glennys R. Farrar

subject

Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors Astronomy AUGER PIERRE 7. Clean energy 01 natural sciences Auger Fluorescence detector Data acquisition DEPENDENCE ATMOSPHERIC MULTIPLE-SCATTERING Instrumentation Physics Detector Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics COSMIC-RAYS Ultra High Energy Cosmic Ray Charged particle LIGHT SIMULATION ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING Física nuclear Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics AUGER Nuclear and High Energy Physics [PHYS.ASTR.IM]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Measure (physics)FOS: Physical sciences Cosmic ray EXTENSIVE AIR-SHOWERS ENERGIA Fluorescence spectroscopy Optics 0103 physical sciences Cosmic rays; Fluorescence detector RECONSTRUCTION 010306 general physics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)Cosmic rays Pierre Auger Observatory PIERRE 010308 nuclear & particles physics business.industry Física ULTRA-HIGH ENERGY [SDU.ASTR.IM]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]Experimental High Energy Physics Pierre Auger observatory CAPABILITIES High Energy Physics::Experiment business

description

The Pierre Auger Observatory is a hybrid detector for ultra-high energy cosmic rays. It combines a surface array to measure secondary particles at ground level together with a fluorescence detector to measure the development of air showers in the atmosphere above the array. The fluorescence detector comprises 24 large telescopes specialized for measuring the nitrogen fluorescence caused by charged particles of cosmic ray air showers. In this paper we describe the components of the fluorescence detector including its optical system, the design of the camera, the electronics, and the systems for relative and absolute calibration. We also discuss the operation and the monitoring of the detector. Finally, we evaluate the detector performance and precision of shower reconstructions.

year	journal	country	edition	language
2010-08-11

10.1016/j.nima.2010.04.023 http://hal.in2p3.fr/in2p3-00409928