Properties and performance of the prototype instrument for the Pierre Auger Observatory

Authors

J. Abraham, Universidad Tecnologica Nacional
M. Aglietta, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino
I. C. Aguirre, National Academy for Sciencies
M. Albrow, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
D. Allard, Institut de Physique Nucléaire Orsay
I. Allekotte, Centro Atomico Bariloche
P. Allison, Pennsylvania State University
J. Alvarez Muñiz, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
M. G. Do Amaral, Universidade Federal Fluminense
M. Ambrosio, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli
L. Anchordoqui, Northeastern University
R. Andrews, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
M. Anguiano, Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla
J. C. Dos Anjos, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas
C. Aramo, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli
S. Argiro, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino
K. Arisaka, University of California, Los Angeles
J. C. Arteaga, Centro de Investigacion y de Estudios Avanzados
S. Atulugama, Pennsylvania State University
M. Ave, University of Leeds
G. Avila, Pierre Auger Observatory
R. Baggio, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Torino
X. Bai, Institute of High Energy Physics Chinese Academy of Science
A. F. Barbosa, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas
H. M.J. Barbosa, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
D. Barnhill, University of California, Los Angeles
S. L.C. Barroso, Universidade Estadual de Campinas
P. Bauleo, Colorado State University
J. Beatty, Pennsylvania State University
T. Beau, Collège de France
K. H. Becker, Bergische Universitat Wuppertal
J. A. Bellido, The University of Adelaide

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-1-2004

Abstract

Construction of the first stage of the Pierre Auger Observatory has begun. The aim of the Observatory is to collect unprecedented information about cosmic rays above 1018 eV. The first phase of the project, the construction and operation of a prototype system, known as the engineering array, has now been completed. It has allowed all of the sub-systems that will be used in the full instrument to be tested under field conditions. In this paper, the properties and performance of these sub-systems are described and their success illustrated with descriptions of some of the events recorded thus far. © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Publication Title

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

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