Pierre Auger Observatory

Scientific and Technical Information

Refereed Journal Articles:

  1. “The Fluorescence Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory," to appear in Nucl. Instr. and Methods in Physics Research (NIM A, 2010), arXiv:0907.4282v1 [astro-ph.IM]
  2. “The Northern Site of the Pierre Auger Observatory," New Journal of Physics 12 (2010) 035001.
  3. “A Study of the Effect of Molecular and Aerosol Conditions in the Atmosphere on Air Fluorescence Measurements at the Pierre Auger Observatory," Astroparticle Physics 33 (2010) 108; arXiv:1002.0366v1 [astro-ph.HE]
  4. “Measurement of the energy spectrum of cosmic rays above 1018 using the Pierre Auger Observatory," Phys. Letters B 685 (2010) 239; arXiv:1002.7975v1 [astro-ph.HE]
  5. “Measurement of the Depth of Maximum of Extensive Air Showers above 1018 eV," Phys. Rev. Letters 104 (2010) 091101. arXiv:1002.0699v1 [astro-ph.HE]
  6. “Trigger and Aperture of the Surface Detector Array of the Pierre Auger Observatory," Nucl. Instr. and Methods in Physics Research A613 (2010), 29-39. PDF
  7. “Atmospheric effects on extensive air showers observed with the Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory," Astropart. Phys. 32 (2009), 89. arXiv:0906.5497v2 [astro-ph.IM].
  8. “Limit on the diffuse flux of ultrahigh energy tau neutrinos with the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory," Phys. Rev. D 79, 102001 (2009), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevD.79.102001
  9. “Upper limit on the cosmic-ray photon fraction at EeV energies from the Pierre Auger Observatory," Astroparticle Physics 31 (2009) 399-406, doi:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2009.04.003
  10. “Observation of the suppression of the flux of cosmic rays above 4 x 1019 eV,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 061101 (2008)
    doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.061101 arXiv:0806.4302.
  11. “Upper limit on the cosmic-ray photon flux above 1019 eV using the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory,” Astropart. Phys. 29 (2008) 243-256, doi: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2008.01.003. arXiv:0712.1147.
  12. “Correlation of the highest-energy cosmic rays with the positions of nearby active galactic nuclei,” Astropart. Phys. 29 (2008) 188-204, DOI:10.1016/j.astropartphys.2008.01.002. arXiv:0712.2843/astro-ph
  13. “Upper limit on the diffuse flux of ultrahigh energy tau neutrinos from the Pierre Auger Observatory,” Phys. Rev. Letters 100 (2008) 211101, arXiv:0712.1909/astro-ph
  14. “Correlation of the Highest-Energy Cosmic Rays with Nearby Extragalactic Objects,” The Pierre Auger Collaboration (9 November 2007) Science 318 (5852), 938. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1151124]  (ArXiv preprint)
  15. “Anisotropy studies around the galactic centre at EeV energies with the Auger Observatory,” J. Abraham et al. [Pierre Auger Collaboration], to appear in Astroparticle Physics (2007). (astro-ph/0607382)
  16. “An upper limit to the photon fraction in cosmic rays above 1019 eV from the Pierre Auger Observatory,” J. Abraham et al. [Pierre Auger Collaboration], Astroparticle Physics 27 (2007), 155. (astro-ph/0606619)
  17. “Properties and performance of the prototype instrument for the Pierre Auger Observatory,” J. Abraham et al. [Pierre Auger Collaboration], Nuclear Instruments and Methods, A523 (2004), 50. PDF (manuscript)   PDF (publication)   doi:10.1016/j.nima.2003.12.012