A. Aab76, P. Abreu68, M. Aglietta50,49, I.F.M. Albuquerque18, J.M. Albury12, I. Allekotte1, A. Almela8,11, J. Alvarez Castillo64, J. Alvarez-Muñiz75, G.A. Anastasi41,43, L. Anchordoqui82, B. Andrada8, S. Andringa68, C. Aramo47, N. Arsene70, H. Asorey1,27, P. Assis68, G. Avila9,10, A.M. Badescu71, A. Balaceanu69, F. Barbato57,47, R.J. Barreira Luz68, S. Baur36, K.H. Becker34, J.A. Bellido12, C. Berat33, M.E. Bertaina59,49, X. Bertou1, P.L. Biermannb, J. Biteau31, S.G. Blaess12, A. Blanco68, J. Blazek29, C. Bleve53,45, M. Boháčová29, C. Bonifazi23, N. Borodai65, A.M. Botti8,36, J. Brackf, T. Bretz38, A. Bridgeman35, F.L. Briechle38, P. Buchholz40, A. Bueno74, S. Buitink76, M. Buscemi55,44, K.S. Caballero-Mora63, L. Caccianiga56, L. Calcagni4, A. Cancio11,8, F. Canfora76,78, J.M. Carceller74, R. Caruso55,44, A. Castellina50,49, F. Catalani16, G. Cataldi45, L. Cazon68, J.A. Chinellato19, J. Chudoba29, L. Chytka30, R.W. Clay12, A.C. Cobos Cerutti7, R. Colalillo57,47, A. Coleman86, L. Collica49, M.R. Coluccia53,45, R. Conceição68, G. Consolati46,51, F. Contreras9,10, M.J. Cooper12, S. Coutu86, C.E. Covault80, S. D'Amico52,45, B. Daniel19, S. Dasso5,3, K. Daumiller36, B.R. Dawson12, J.A. Day12, R.M. de Almeida25, S.J. de Jong76,78, G. De Mauro76,78, J.R.T. de Mello Neto23,24, I. De Mitri41,43, J. de Oliveira25, V. de Souza17, J. Debatin35, O. Deligny31, N. Dhital65, M.L. Díaz Castro19, F. Diogo68, C. Dobrigkeit19, J.C. D'Olivo64, Q. Dorosti40, R.C. dos Anjos22, M.T. Dova4, A. Dundovic39, J. Ebr29, R. Engel36, M. Erdmann38, C.O. Escobard, A. Etchegoyen8,11, H. Falcke76,79,78, J. Farmer87, G. Farrar85, A.C. Fauth19, N. Fazzinid, F. Feldbusch37, F. Fenu59,49, L.P. Ferreyro8, B. Fick84, J.M. Figueira8, A. Filipčič73,72, M.M. Freire6, T. Fujii87,g, A. Fuster8,11, R. Gaïor32, B. García7, H. Gemmeke37, A. Gherghel-Lascu69, P.L. Ghia31, U. Giaccari23,14, M. Giammarchi46, M. Giller66, D. Głas67, J. Glombitza38, G. Golup1, M. Gómez Berisso1, P.F. Gómez Vitale9,10, N. González8, I. Goos1,36, D. Góra65, A. Gorgi50,49, M. Gottowik34, T.D. Grubb12, F. Guarino57,47, G.P. Guedes20, E. Guido49,59, R. Halliday80, M.R. Hampel8, P. Hansen4, D. Harari1, T.A. Harrison12, V.M. Harvey12, A. Haungs36, T. Hebbeker38, D. Heck36, P. Heimann40, G.C. Hill12, C. Hojvatd, E.M. Holt35,8, P. Homola65, J.R. Hörandel76,78, P. Horvath30, M. Hrabovský30, T. Huege36,c, J. Hulsman8,36, A. Insolia55,44, P.G. Isar70, I. Jandt34, J.A. Johnsen81, M. Josebachuili8, J. Jurysek29, A. Kääpä34, K.H. Kampert34, B. Keilhauer36, N. Kemmerich18, J. Kemp38, H.O. Klages36, M. Kleifges37, J. Kleinfeller9, R. Krause38, D. Kuempel34, G. Kukec Mezek72, N. Kunka37, A. Kuotb Awad35, B.L. Lago15, D. LaHurd80, R.G. Lang17, R. Legumina66, M.A. Leigui de Oliveira21, V. Lenok36, A. Letessier-Selvon32, I. Lhenry-Yvon31, D. Lo Presti55,44, L. Lopes68, R. López60, A. López Casado75, R. Lorek80, Q. Luce31, A. Lucero8, M. Malacari87, M. Mallamaci56,46, D. Mandat29, P. Mantschd, A.G. Mariazzi4, I.C. Mariş13, G. Marsella53,45, D. Martello53,45, H. Martinez61, O. Martínez Bravo60, H.J. Mathes36, S. Mathys34, J. Matthews83, G. Matthiae58,48, E. Mayotte34, P.O. Mazurd, G. Medina-Tanco64, D. Melo8, A. Menshikov37, K.-D. Merenda81, S. Michal30, M.I. Micheletti6, L. Middendorf38, L. Miramonti56,46, B. Mitrica69, D. Mockler35, S. Mollerach1, F. Montanet33, C. Morello50,49, G. Morlino41,43, M. Mostafá86, A.L. Müller8,36, M.A. Muller19,e, S. Müller35,8, R. Mussa49, L. Nellen64, P.H. Nguyen12, M. Niculescu-Oglinzanu69, M. Niechciol40, L. Niemietz34, D. Nitz84,h, D. Nosek28, V. Novotny28, L. Nožka30, A Nucita53,45, L.A. Núñez27, A. Olinto87, M. Palatka29, J. Pallotta2, P. Papenbreer34, G. Parente75, A. Parra60, M. Pech29, F. Pedreira75, J. Pękala65, R. Pelayo62, J. Peña-Rodriguez27, L.A.S. Pereira19, M. Perlin8, L. Perrone53,45, C. Peters38, S. Petrera41,43, J. Phuntsok86, T. Pierog36, M. Pimenta68, V. Pirronello55,44, M. Platino8, J. Poh87, B. Pont76, C. Porowski65, R.R. Prado17, P. Privitera87, M. Prouza29, A. Puyleart84, E.J. Quel2, S. Querchfeld34, S. Quinn80, R. Ramos-Pollan27, J. Rautenberg34, D. Ravignani8, M. Reininghaus36, J. Ridky29, F. Riehn68, M. Risse40, P. Ristori2, V. Rizi54,43, W. Rodrigues de Carvalho18, G. Rodriguez Fernandez58,48, J. Rodriguez Rojo9, M.J. Roncoroni8, M. Roth36, E. Roulet1, A.C. Rovero5, P. Ruehl40, S.J. Saffi12, A. Saftoiu69, F. Salamida54,43, H. Salazar60, A. Saleh72, G. Salina48, F. Sánchez8, E.M. Santos18, E. Santos29, F. Sarazin81, R. Sarmento68, C. Sarmiento-Cano8, R. Sato9, P. Savina53,45, M. Schauer34, V. Scherini45, H. Schieler36, M. Schimassek35, M. Schimp34, D. Schmidt35, O. Scholten77,c, P. Schovánek29, F.G. Schröder35, S. Schröder34, J. Schumacher38, S.J. Sciutto4, A. Segreto42,44, R.C. Shellard14, G. Sigl39, G. Silli8,36, O. Sima69,i, R. Šmída38, G.R. Snow88, P. Sommers86, J.F. Soriano82, J. Souchard33, R. Squartini9, D. Stanca69, S. Stanič72, J. Stasielak65, P. Stassi33, M. Stolpovskiy33, F. Strafella53,45, A. Streich35, F. Suarez8,11, M. Suárez-Durán27, T. Sudholz12, T. Suomijärvi31, A.D. Supanitsky5, J. Šupík30, Z. Szadkowski67, A. Taboada36, O.A. Taborda1, A. Tapia26, C. Timmermans78,76, C.J. Todero Peixoto16, B. Tomé68, G. Torralba Elipe75, P. Travnicek29, M. Trini72, M. Tueros4, R. Ulrich36, M. Unger36, M. Urban38, J.F. Valdés Galicia64, I. Valiño75, L. Valore57,47, P. van Bodegom12, A.M. van den Berg77, A. van Vliet76, E. Varela60, B. Vargas Cárdenas64, R.A. Vázquez75, D. Veberič36, C. Ventura24, I.D. Vergara Quispe4, V. Verzi48, J. Vicha29, L. Villaseñor60, S. Vorobiov72, H. Wahlberg4, O. Wainberg8,11, A.A. Watsona, M. Weber37, A. Weindl36, M. Wiedeński67, L. Wiencke81, H. Wilczyński65, M. Wirtz38, D. Wittkowski34, B. Wundheiler8, L. Yang72, A. Yushkov29, E. Zas75, D. Zavrtanik72,73, M. Zavrtanik73,72, L. Zehrer72, A. Zepeda61, B. Zimmermann37, M. Ziolkowski40, Z. Zong31, F. Zuccarello55,44
1 Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
2 Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF and CONICET, Villa Martelli, Argentina
3 Departamento de Física and Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires and CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
4 IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
5 Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE, CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
6 Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR) - CONICET/U.N.R. and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina
7 Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), and Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), Mendoza, Argentina
8 Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
9 Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina
10 Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina
11 Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
12 University of Adelaide, Adelaide, S.A., Australia
13 Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium
14 Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
15 Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Suckow da Fonseca, Nova Friburgo, Brazil
16 Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Lorena, SP, Brazil
17 Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
18 Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
19 Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP, Brazil
20 Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Brazil
21 Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
22 Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor Palotina, Palotina, Brazil
23 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
24 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Observatório do Valongo, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
25 Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil
26 Universidad de Medellín, Medellín, Colombia
27 Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia
28 Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
29 Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
30 Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
31 Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris/Saclay, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
32 Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
33 Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble Institute of Engineering Univ. Grenoble Alpes, LPSC-IN2P3, 38000 Grenoble, France, France
34 Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Wuppertal, Germany
35 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institute for Experimental Particle Physics (ETP), Karlsruhe, Germany
36 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
37 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
38 RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
39 Universität Hamburg, II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Hamburg, Germany
40 Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik - Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Siegen, Germany
41 Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy
42 INAF - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
43 INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Assergi (L'Aquila), Italy
44 INFN, Sezione di Catania, Catania, Italy
45 INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Lecce, Italy
46 INFN, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
47 INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
48 INFN, Sezione di Roma "Tor Vergata", Roma, Italy
49 INFN, Sezione di Torino, Torino, Italy
50 Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Torino, Italy
51 Politecnico di Milano, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Aerospaziali , Milano, Italy
52 Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Lecce, Italy
53 Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi”, Lecce, Italy
54 Università dell'Aquila, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, L'Aquila, Italy
55 Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Catania, Italy
56 Università di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Milano, Italy
57 Università di Napoli "Federico II", Dipartimento di Fisica “Ettore Pancini“, Napoli, Italy
58 Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Dipartimento di Fisica, Roma, Italy
59 Università Torino, Dipartimento di Fisica, Torino, Italy
60 Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, México
61 Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV), México, D.F., México
62 Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ingeniería y Tecnologías Avanzadas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (UPIITA-IPN), México, D.F., México
63 Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, México
64 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F., México
65 Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
66 University of Łódź, Faculty of Astrophysics, Łódź, Poland
67 University of Łódź, Faculty of High-Energy Astrophysics,Łódź, Poland
68 Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Lisboa, Portugal
69 “Horia Hulubei” National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
70 Institute of Space Science, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania
71 University Politehnica of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
72 Center for Astrophysics and Cosmology (CAC), University of Nova Gorica, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
73 Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
74 Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Granada, Spain
75 Instituto Galego de Física de Altas Enerxías (I.G.F.A.E.), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
76 IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
77 KVI - Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
78 Nationaal Instituut voor Kernfysica en Hoge Energie Fysica (NIKHEF), Science Park, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
79 Stichting Astronomisch Onderzoek in Nederland (ASTRON), Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
80 Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
81 Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA
82 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lehman College, City University of New York, Bronx, NY, USA
83 Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
84 Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, USA
85 New York University, New York, NY, USA
86 Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
87 University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, IL, USA
88 University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA
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a School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
b Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
c also at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
d Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, USA
e also at Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Poços de Caldas, Brazil
f Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
g now at Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo
h also at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
i also at University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Bucharest, Romania
The successful installation, commissioning, and operation of the Pierre Auger Observatory would not have been possible without the strong commitment and effort from the technical and administrative staff in Malargüe. We are very grateful to the following agencies and organizations for financial support:
Argentina – Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT); Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET); Gobierno de la Provincia de Mendoza; Municipalidad de Malargüe; NDM Holdings and Valle Las Leñas; in gratitude for their continuing cooperation over land access; Australia – the Australian Research Council; Brazil – Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq); Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP); Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ); São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Grants No. 2010/07359-6 and No. 1999/05404-3; Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações (MCTIC); Czech Republic – Grant No. MSMT CR LG15014, LO1305, LM2015038 and CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_013/0001402; France – Centre de Calcul IN2P3/CNRS; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS); Conseil Régional Ile-de-France; Département Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire (PNC-IN2P3/CNRS); Département Sciences de l'Univers (SDU-INSU/CNRS); Institut Lagrange de Paris (ILP) Grant No. LABEX ANR-10-LABX-63 within the Investissements d'Avenir Programme Grant No. ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02; Germany – Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF); Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); Finanzministerium Baden-Württemberg; Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics (HAP); Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF); Ministerium für Innovation, Wissenschaft und Forschung des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen; Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst des Landes Baden-Württemberg; Italy – Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN); Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF); Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universitá e della Ricerca (MIUR); CETEMPS Center of Excellence; Ministero degli Affari Esteri (MAE); Mexico – Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) No. 167733; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM); PAPIIT DGAPA-UNAM; The Netherlands – Ministry of Education, Culture and Science; Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO); Dutch national e-infrastructure with the support of SURF Cooperative; Poland – National Centre for Research and Development, Grant No. ERA-NET-ASPERA/02/11; National Science Centre, Grants No. 2013/08/M/ST9/00322, No. 2016/23/B/ST9/01635 and No. HARMONIA 5–2013/10/M/ST9/00062, UMO-2016/22/M/ST9/00198; Portugal – Portuguese national funds and FEDER funds within Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade through Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (COMPETE); Romania – Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation CNCS/CCCDI-UESFISCDI, projects PN-III-P1-1.2-PCCDI-2017-0839/19PCCDI/2018, PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2016-1922, PN-III-P2-2.1-PED-2016-1659 and PN18090102 within PNCDI III; Slovenia – Slovenian Research Agency; Spain – Comunidad de Madrid; Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) funds; Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad; Xunta de Galicia; European Community 7th Framework Program Grant No. FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF-328826; USA – Department of Energy, Contracts No. DE-AC02-07CH11359, No. DE-FR02-04ER41300, No. DE-FG02-99ER41107 and No. DE-SC0011689; National Science Foundation, Grant No. 0450696; The Grainger Foundation; Marie Curie-IRSES/EPLANET; European Particle Physics Latin American Network; European Union 7th Framework Program, Grant No. PIRSES-2009-GA-246806; and UNESCO.
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