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.
Impact Award
The Pierre Auger Collaboration Impact Award
The Pierre Auger Collaboration Impact Award was established in 2020 and it is dedicated to people who have spent a significant amount of their time on technical developments that have a very large impact on the functioning of the detectors or on data analysis.
The scientific results we are providing are highly dependent on technical efforts, which often are not visible in scientific publications or cannot be given proper credit in papers. This award is intended to give both internal and external recognition to those people and their efforts in detector design, software development, and simulation production, among other activities, to help young colleagues start a career in science.
The candidates can be either non-senior members of the Collaboration: students and scientists at post-doctoral level, or technicians and engineers who have made exceptionally important technical contributions to the success of the project, linked to any area of the experiment.
See here the winners of the Auger Impact Award:
Women in Science News
Women and Girls in Science – Women in Auger
See here more News and Activies of the Women of the Pierre Auger Collaboration:
