Trigger and aperture of the surface detector array of the Pierre Auger Observatory

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

Volumn 613, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-39

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^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^e INSTITUTO DE ASTRONOMÍA Y FÍSICA DEL ESPACIO   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA NACIONAL   (Argentina)

^g OBSERVATORIO PIERRE AUGER   (Argentina)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

ⁱ CENTRO BRASILEIRO DE PESQUISAS FÍSICAS   (Brazil)

^j PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^m DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

ⁿ UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO SUDOESTE DA BAHIA   (Brazil)

^o FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^p Universidade Federal   (Brazil)

^q FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^r RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^s CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^t INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^u PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^v UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^w UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^x UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^y UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^z UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER GRENOBLE 1   (France)

^aa SUBATECH   (France)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^ac KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^ad UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^ae MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR RADIOASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^af RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^ag UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^ai INFM   (Italy)

^aj UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^al UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^am UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^an UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^ao UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^ap UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^aq Gran Sasso Center for Astroparticle Physics   (Italy)

^ar INAF IASF PALERMO   (Italy)

^as LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL GRAN SASSO   (Italy)

^at UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^au BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^av DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^aw UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

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^ay RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^az UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^ba NIKHEF   (Netherlands)

^bb ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^bc INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^bd UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^be INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^bf JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^bg UNIVERSITY OF NOVA GORICA   (Slovenia)

^bh UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^bi UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^bj UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^bk UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^bl UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^bm UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^bn UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^bo ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^bp CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bq Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^br Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^bs Malik and Seeme Hasan School of Business   (United States)

^bt FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^bu LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bv MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bw NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bx NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^by OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bz PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^ca SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^cb UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^cc UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^cd UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^ce UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^cf UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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^ch UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^ci VIETNAM ATOMIC ENERGY INSTITUTE   (Viet Nam)

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Author keywords

Auger Observatory; Exposure; Extensive air showers; Trigger; Ultra high energy cosmic rays

Indexed keywords

AUGERS; COSMOLOGY; OBSERVATORIES; PARTICLE DETECTORS;

AUGER OBSERVATORY; EXPOSURE; EXTENSIVE AIR SHOWERS; TRIGGER; ULTRA HIGH-ENERGY COSMIC RAYS;

COSMIC RAYS;

EID: 77049113537     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.11.018     Document Type: Article

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