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Reconstruction of inclined air showers detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory

Abstract:

We describe the method devised to reconstruct inclined cosmic-ray air showers with zenith angles greater than 60° detected with the surface array of the Pierre Auger Observatory. The measured signals at the ground level are fitted to muon density distributions pbkp_redicted with atmospheric cascade models to obtain the relative shower size as an overall normalization parameter. The method is evaluated using simulated showers to test its performance. The energy of the cosmic rays is calibrated using a sub-sample of events reconstructed with both the fluorescence and surface array techniques. The reconstruction method described here provides the basis of complementary analyses including an independent measurement of the energy spectrum of ultra-high energy cosmic rays using very inclined events collected by the Pierre Auger Observatory. © 2014 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl.

Año de publicación:

2014

Keywords:

  • ultra high energy cosmic rays
  • Cosmic ray experiments

Fuente:

scopusscopus

Tipo de documento:

Article

Estado:

Acceso restringido

Áreas de conocimiento:

  • Física de partículas
  • Ciencia planetaria

Áreas temáticas:

  • Física
  • Astronomía y ciencias afines

Contribuidores:

Albuquerque I.F.M.Albuquerque I.F.M.
Buchholz P.Buchholz P.
Abreu P.Abreu P.
Aublin J.Aublin J.
Boncioli D.Boncioli D.
Avenier M.Avenier M.
De Oliveira J.De Oliveira J.
Cocciolo G.Cocciolo G.
Caruso R.Caruso R.
Neto J.R.T.d.M.Neto J.R.T.d.M.
de Jong S.J.de Jong S.J.
Castellina A.Castellina A.
Cheng S.H.Cheng S.H.
Bonino R.Bonino R.
Daumiller K.Daumiller K.
Ave M.Ave M.
Bäuml J.Bäuml J.
Barber K.B.Barber K.B.
Dallier R.Dallier R.
Chudoba J.Chudoba J.
Becker K.H.Becker K.H.
Coutu S.Coutu S.
Blanco M.Blanco M.
Andringa S.Andringa S.
Cronin J.W.Cronin J.W.
Buscemi M.Buscemi M.
Matteo A.D.Matteo A.D.
Aab A.Aab A.
Blanco F.Blanco F.
Almela A.Almela A.
Covault C.E.Covault C.E.
Cazón L.Cazón L.
Biermann P.L.Biermann P.L.
Colalillo R.Colalillo R.
Allekotte I.Allekotte I.
Aglietta M.Aglietta M.
De Almeida R.M.De Almeida R.M.
Conceiç˜ao R.Conceiç˜ao R.
Candusso M.Candusso M.
Cooper M.J.Cooper M.J.
Ahlers M.Ahlers M.
Mary L. Díaz CastroMary L. Díaz Castro
Javier GarciaJavier Garcia
Chiavassa A.Chiavassa A.
Billoir P.Billoir P.
Aminaei A.Aminaei A.
Coluccia M.R.Coluccia M.R.
Dembinski H.Dembinski H.
Bonifazi C.Bonifazi C.
Allison P.Allison P.
Di Giulio C.Di Giulio C.
Allen J.D.Allen J.D.
Bellido J.A.Bellido J.A.
Brancus I.Brancus I.
Avila G.Avila G.
Chavez A.G.Chavez A.G.
Collica L.Collica L.
Brown W.C.Brown W.C.
del Peral L.del Peral L.
Dasso S.Dasso S.
Anchordoqui L.A.Anchordoqui L.A.
Chinellato J.A.Chinellato J.A.
Bl̈umer H.Bl̈umer H.
Caramete L.Caramete L.
Caballero-Mora K.S.Caballero-Mora K.S.
Bertou X.Bertou X.
Borodai N.Borodai N.
Dawson B.R.Dawson B.R.
Cester R.Cester R.
Bohã̌cov́a M.Bohã̌cov́a M.
Criss A.Criss A.
Mitri I.D.Mitri I.D.
Ambrosio M.Ambrosio M.
Domenico M.D.Domenico M.D.
Batista R.A.Batista R.A.
Brack J.Brack J.
Badescu A.M.Badescu A.M.
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Beatty J.J.Beatty J.J.
Souza V.d.Souza V.d.
Curutiu A.Curutiu A.
Assis P.Assis P.
Clay R.W.Clay R.W.
Berat C.Berat C.
Asorey H.G.Asorey H.G.
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Ahn E.J.Ahn E.J.
Caccianiga L.Caccianiga L.
Bueno A.Bueno A.
Caccianiga B.Caccianiga B.
Baus C.Baus C.
Arqueros F.Arqueros F.
Cilmo M.Cilmo M.
Al Samarai I.Al Samarai I.
Brogueira P.Brogueira P.
Alvarez Castillo J.Alvarez Castillo J.
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Deligny O.Deligny O.
Alvarez-Mu˜niz J.Alvarez-Mu˜niz J.