Cosmic rays of ultra high energies - investigation of experimental data from the Fluorescence Detector of The Pierre Auger Observatory.

2013/10/M/ST9/00062

Keywords

Descriptors

  • ST9_11: Astrofizyka wysokich energii - promieniowanie rentgenowskie i gamma, promienie kosmiczne, neutrina

Panel

ST9 – Astronomy and space science: astrophysics, astrochemistry, astrobiology, solar system, planetary systems, stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, space science, instrumentation

Host institution

Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Fizyki i Informatyki Stosowanej

Voivodeship: łódzkie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution)

prof. Maria Wanda Giller

Number of co-investigators in the project: 3

Call

HARMONIA 5 – announced on 2013-06-14

Amount awarded
360 620 PLN
Project start date
2014-05-07
Project end date
2018-12-06
Project duration
55 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status
Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. nie.

Information in the final report

Publication in academic press/journals (35)

  1. Multi-resolution anisotropy studies of ultrahigh- energy cosmic rays detected at the Pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (Maria Giller, Andrzej Śmiałkowski and Remigiusz Legumina)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (year: 2017, volume: 6, pages: 26), Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2017/06/026 – link to the publication
  2. Large-scale Cosmic-Ray Anisotropies above 4 EeV Measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (Maria Giller and Remigiusz Legumina)
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal (year: 2018, volume: 868, pages: 4), Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/aae689 – link to the publication
  3. Search for correlations between the arrival directions of IceCube neutrino events and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski)
    Academic press:
    JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS (year: 2016, volume: 1, pages: 37), Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD, TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2016/01/037 – link to the publication
  4. Combined fit of spectrum and composition data as measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (Maria Giller, Andrzej Śmiałkowski and Remigiusz Legumina)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (year: 2017, volume: 4, pages: 38), Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2017/04/038 – link to the publication
  5. Search for photons with energies above 1018 eV using the hybrid detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (Maria Giller, Andrzej Śmiałkowski and Remigiusz Legumina)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (year: 2017, volume: 4, pages: 9), Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2017/04/009 – link to the publication
  6. Observation of inclined EeV air showers with the radio detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (Maria Giller and Remigiusz Legumina)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (year: 2018, volume: 2018, pages: 26), Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2018/10/026 – link to the publication
  7. Spectral calibration of the fluorescence telescopes of the Pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (Maria Giller, Andrzej Śmiałkowski and Remigiusz Legumina)
    Academic press:
    Astroparticle Physics (year: 2017, volume: 95, pages: 44-56), Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.09.001 – link to the publication
  8. Inferences on mass composition and tests of hadronic interactions from 0.3 to 100 EeV using the water-Cherenkov detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (Maria Giller, Andrzej Śmiałkowski and Remigiusz Legumina)
    Academic press:
    Physical Review D (year: 2017, volume: 96, pages: 122003), Publisher: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.96.122003 – link to the publication
  9. Observation of a large scale anisotropy in the arrival directions of cosmic rays above 8×1018 eV

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (Maria Giller, Andrzej Śmiałkowski and Remigiusz Legumina)
    Academic press:
    Science (year: 2017, volume: 357, pages: 1266-1270), Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1126/science.aan4338 – link to the publication
  10. A Targeted Search for Point Sources of EeV Photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (Maria Giller, Andrzej Śmiałkowski and Remigiusz Legumina)
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal Letters (year: 2017, volume: 837, pages: L25), Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/2041-8213/aa61a5 – link to the publication
  11. Measurement of the average shape of longitudinal profiles of cosmic-ray air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (Maria Giller and Remigiusz Legumina)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (year: 2019, volume: 3, pages: 18), Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2019/03/018 – link to the publication
  12. Probing the origin of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with neutrinos in the EeV energy range using the Pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (Maria Giller and Remigiusz Legumina)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (year: 2019, volume: 10, pages: 22), Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2019/10/022 – link to the publication
  13. Impact of atmospheric effects on the energy reconstruction of air showers observed by the surface detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (Maria Giller, Andrzej Śmiałkowski and Remigiusz Legumina)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Instrumentation (year: 2017, volume: 12, pages: P02006), Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/12/02/P02006 – link to the publication
  14. Correlation of the angular and lateral deflections of electrons in extensive air showers

    Authors:
    Maria Giller, Andrzej Śmiałkowski, Remigiusz Legumina
    Academic press:
    Proceedings Of Science, The 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (year: 2015, volume: 0, pages: 475), Publisher: http://pos.sissa.it/
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  15. Ultrahigh-energy neutrino follow-up of gravitational wave events GW150914 and GW151226 with the Pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski, R. Legumina)
    Academic press:
    PHYSICAL REVIEW D (year: 2016, volume: 94, pages: 122007), Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.94.122007 – link to the publication
  16. Search for ultrarelativistic magnetic monopoles with the Pierre Auger observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski, R. Legumina)
    Academic press:
    PHYSICAL REVIEW D (year: 2016, volume: 94, pages: 82002), Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.94.082002 – link to the publication
  17. The Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski)
    Academic press:
    NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT (year: 2015, volume: 798, pages: 172), Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.nima.2015.06.058 – link to the publication
  18. Search for correlations between the arrival directions of IceCube neutrino events and ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays detected by the Pierre Auger Observatory and the Telescope Array

    Authors:
    Aartsen, MG et al (Pierre Auger and Telescope Array Collaborations).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski)
    Academic press:
    JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS (year: 2015, volume: 1, pages: 37), Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD, TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2016/01/037 – link to the publication
  19. Universality of the lateral and angular distributions of electrons in large extensive air showers

    Authors:
    Andrzej Śmiałkowski, Maria Giller
    Academic press:
    Proceedings of Science, The 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference (year: 2015, volume: 0, pages: 245), Publisher: http://pos.sissa.it/
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    link to the publication
  20. Prototype muon detectors for the AMIGA component of the Pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski)
    Academic press:
    JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION (year: 2016, volume: 11, pages: P02012), Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD, TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/11/02/P02012 – link to the publication
  21. Muon counting using silicon photomultipliers in the AMIGA detector of the Pierre Auger observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (Maria Giller, Andrzej Śmiałkowski and Remigiusz Legumina)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Instrumentation (year: 2017, volume: 12, pages: P03002), Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/12/03/P03002 – link to the publication
  22. Measurement of the cosmic ray spectrum above 4 × 10^{18} eV using inclined events detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski)
    Academic press:
    JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS (year: 2015, volume: 8, pages: 49), Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD, TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2015/08/049 – link to the publication
  23. Energy estimation of cosmic rays with the Engineering Radio Array of the Pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski)
    Academic press:
    Phys. Rev. D (year: 2016, volume: 93, pages: 122005), Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.93.122005 – link to the publication
  24. Measurement of the Radiation Energy in the Radio Signal of Extensive Air Showers as a Universal Estimator of Cosmic-Ray Energy

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski)
    Academic press:
    PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (year: 2016, volume: 116, pages: 241101), Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241101 – link to the publication
  25. Azimuthal asymmetry in the risetime of the surface detector signals of the Pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski)
    Academic press:
    PHYSICAL REVIEW D (year: 2016, volume: 93, pages: 72006), Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.93.072006 – link to the publication
  26. LARGE SCALE DISTRIBUTION OF ULTRA HIGH ENERGY COSMIC RAYS DETECTED AT THE PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY WITH ZENITH ANGLES UP TO 80 deg

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski)
    Academic press:
    ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (year: 2015, volume: 802, pages: 111), Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD, TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0004-637X/802/2/111 – link to the publication
  27. Correlation of angular and lateral distributions of electrons in extensive air showers

    Authors:
    Maria Giller, Andrzej Śmiałkowski and Remigiusz Legumina
    Academic press:
    Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics (year: 2015, volume: 43, pages: 4), Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0954-3899/43/4/045202 – link to the publication
  28. Nanosecond-level time synchronization of autonomous radio detector stations for extensive air showers

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski)
    Academic press:
    JOURNAL OF INSTRUMENTATION (year: 2016, volume: 11, pages: P01018), Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD, TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/11/01/P01018 – link to the publication
  29. SEARCHES FOR ANISOTROPIES IN THE ARRIVAL DIRECTIONS OF THE HIGHEST ENERGY COSMIC RAYS DETECTED BY THE PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski)
    Academic press:
    ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (year: 2015, volume: 804, pages: 15), Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD, TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0004-637X/804/1/15 – link to the publication
  30. Muons in air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory: Mean number in highly inclined events

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski)
    Academic press:
    PHYSICAL REVIEW D (year: 2014, volume: 91, pages: 32003), Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.91.032003 – link to the publication
  31. A TARGETED SEARCH FOR POINT SOURCES OF EeV NEUTRONS

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski)
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal Letters (year: 2014, volume: 789, pages: l34), Publisher: TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/2041-8205/789/2/L34 – link to the publication
  32. Reconstruction of inclined air showers detected with the pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski)
    Academic press:
    JOURNAL OF COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPARTICLE PHYSICS (year: 2014, volume: 8, pages: 19), Publisher: IOP PUBLISHING LTD, TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2014/08/019 – link to the publication
  33. Universality of Electron Distributions in Extensive Air Showers

    Authors:
    Śmiałkowski, A., Giller, M.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal (year: 2018, volume: 854, pages: 48), Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/aaa488 – link to the publication
  34. Improved limit to the diffuse flux of ultrahigh energy neutrinos from the Pierre Auger Observatory

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski)
    Academic press:
    PHYSICAL REVIEW D (year: 2015, volume: 91, pages: 92008), Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.91.092008 – link to the publication
  35. Depth of maximum of air-shower profiles at the Pierre Auger Observatory. I. Measurements at energies above 10^{17.8} eV

    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (Pierre Auger Collaboration).. (M.Giller, A.Śmiałkowski)
    Academic press:
    Phys. Rev. D (year: 2014, volume: 90, pages: 122005), Publisher: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.90.122005 – link to the publication

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