The surface detector system of the Pierre Auger Observatory

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 586, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 409-420

  Allekotte, I ^a   Barbosa, A F ^c   Bauleo, P ^k   Bonifazi, C ^c   Civit, B ^b   Escobar, C O ^d   Garcia B ^b   Guedes, G ^e   Gomez Berisso M ^a   Harton, J L ^k   Healy, M ^j   Kaducak, M ⁱ   Mantsch, P ⁱ   Mazur, P O ⁱ   Newman Holmes, C ⁱ   Pepe, I ^f   Rodriguez Cabo, I ^h   Salazar, H ^g   Smetniansky De Grande, N ^a   Warner, D ^k  

^a CONICET) ^*  (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

^c CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^e DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^g BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

ⁱ FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

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Author keywords

High energy cosmic rays; Pierre Auger Observatory; Surface detector array; Water Cherenkov detectors

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CERENKOV COUNTERS; COSMIC RAYS; DATA REDUCTION; FLUORESCENCE;

HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC RAYS; PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY; SURFACE DETECTOR ARRAYS; WATER-CHERENKOV DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

EID: 39149121498     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.12.016     Document Type: Article

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