Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Mean number in highly inclined events

A Aab, P Abreu, M Aglietta, EJ Ahn, I Al Samarai… - Physical Review D, 2015 - APS
We present the first hybrid measurement of the average muon number in air showers at
ultrahigh energies, initiated by cosmic rays with zenith angles between 62° and 80°. The …

The Pierre Auger cosmic ray observatory

Pierre Auger Collaboration - … and Methods in Physics Research Section …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pierre Auger Observatory, located on a vast, high plain in western Argentina, is
the world׳ s largest cosmic ray observatory. The objectives of the Observatory are to probe …

Searches for anisotropies in the arrival directions of the highest energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory

A Aab, P Abreu, M Aglietta, EJ Ahn… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
SEARCHES FOR ANISOTROPIES IN THE ARRIVAL DIRECTIONS OF THE HIGHEST
ENERGY COSMIC RAYS DETECTED BY THE PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY …

Improved limit to the diffuse flux of ultrahigh energy neutrinos from the Pierre Auger Observatory

A Aab, P Abreu, M Aglietta, EJ Ahn, I Al Samarai… - Physical Review D, 2015 - APS
Neutrinos in the cosmic ray flux with energies near 1 EeV and above are detectable with the
Surface Detector array (SD) of the Pierre Auger Observatory. We report here on searches …

Large scale distribution of ultra high energy cosmic rays detected at the Pierre Auger Observatory with zenith angles up to 80°

A Aab, P Abreu, M Aglietta, EJ Ahn… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The distribution of the arrival directions of cosmic rays, together with the spectrum and
composition indicators, are the main observables to try to understand their origin and nature …

Search for correlations between the arrival directions of IceCube neutrino events and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the …

MG Aartsen, K Abraham, M Ackermann… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2015 - arxiv.org
This paper presents the results of different searches for correlations between very high-
energy neutrino candidates detected by IceCube and the highest-energy cosmic rays …

Measurement of the cosmic ray spectrum above eV using inclined events detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory

A Aab, P Abreu, M Aglietta, EJ Ahn, IA Samarai… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2015 - arxiv.org
A measurement of the cosmic-ray spectrum for energies exceeding $4 {\times} 10^{18} $ eV
is presented, which is based on the analysis of showers with zenith angles greater than …

Artificial neural network as a FPGA trigger for a detection of very inclined air showers

Z Szadkowski, K Pytel - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a trigger based on a pipelined artificial neural network implemented in a large
FPGA which after learning can recognize different types of waveforms from the Pierre Auger …

JEM-EUSO observational technique and exposure

JEM-EUSO Collaboration, JH Adams, S Ahmad… - Experimental …, 2015 - Springer
Designed as the first mission to explore the ultra-high energy universe from space, JEM-
EUSO observes the Earth's atmosphere at night to record the ultraviolet tracks generated by …

Front-end board with cyclone v as a test high-resolution platform for the auger_beyond_2015 front end electronics

Z Szadkowski - IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The surface detector (SD) array of the Pierre Auger Observatory needs an upgrade which
allows space for more complex triggers with higher bandwidth and greater dynamic range …