First results from the Pierre Auger Observatory



Título del documento: First results from the Pierre Auger Observatory
Revista: Brazilian journal of physics
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000408744
ISSN: 0103-9733
Autores: 1
Instituciones: 1Ministerio da Ciencia e Tecnologia, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil
Año:
Periodo: Dic
Volumen: 36
Número: 4A
Paginación: 1184-1193
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés We review in these notes the status of the construction of the Pierre Auger Observatory and present the first Physics results, based on the data collected during the first year and a half of operation. These results are preliminary, once the work to understand the systematics of the detectors are still underway. We discuss the cosmic ray spectrum above 3 EeV, based on the measurement done using the Surface Detector and the Fluorescence Detector, both, components of the observatory. We discuss, as well, the search for anisotropy near the Galactic Center and the limit on the photon fraction at the highest energies
Disciplinas: Física y astronomía
Palabras clave: Astronomía,
Física,
Física de partículas y campos cuánticos,
Astrofísica,
Rayos cósmicos
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Astronomy,
Particle physics and quantum fields,
Physics,
Astrophysics,
Cosmic rays
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