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    Calibration of the Pierre Auger Observatory fluorescence detectors and the effect on measurements

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    Abstract
    The Pierre Auger Observatory is a high-energy cosmic ray observatory located in Malargue, Mendoza, Argentina. It is used to probe the highest energy particles in the Universe, with energies greater than 10¹⁸ eV, which strike the Earth constantly. The observatory uses two techniques to observe the air shower initiated by a cosmic ray: a surface detector composed of an array of more than 1600 water Cherenkov tanks covering 3000 km², and 27 nitrogen fluorescence telescopes overlooking this array. The Cherenkov detectors run all the time and therefore have high statistics on the air showers. The ...
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    Author(s)
    Gookin, Ben

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    Harton, John

    Date Issued
    2015
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    born digital; doctoral dissertations
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