It is our sad duty to announce that Michael Hillas, a great scientist and founder of modern high-energy astroparticle physics, passed away on November 26, 2017 at the age of 85.
We are very happy to announce the election of our new spokespersons at the recent collaboration meeting of the Pierre Auger Observatory.
On Sep. 15, 2016 six Surface Scintillator Detector (SSD) stations were deployed with a single trip to the engineering array site.
On the occasion of the celebration of Jim Cronin’s life on September 30, 2016 came up the idea to gather individual recollections and stories about Jim and the Auger Observatory over the years.
On 21 September 2016 Alan Watson published an obituary on his collegue and friend Jim Cronin on the website of the international weekly journal of science Nature.
The Pierre Auger Collaboration sadly shares the news that James W. Cronin, Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago and spokesperson emeritus of Auger died on 25 August, at the age of 84.
