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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:

cosmic rays highest energies The Pierre Auger Observatory

Descriptors:

  • ST9_11: High energy and particle astrophysics: X-rays, gamma rays, cosmic rays, neutrinos

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

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Maria 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 (Y-m-d): 2014-05-07

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2018-12-06

Project duration:: 55 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (35)
  1. 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 (rok: 2017, tom: 837, strony: L25), Wydawca: IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/2041-8213/aa61a5 - link to the publication
  2. 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 (rok: 2016, tom: 93, strony: 122005), Wydawca: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.93.122005 - link to the publication
  3. 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 (rok: 2016, tom: 116, strony: 241101), Wydawca: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.241101 - link to the publication
  4. 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 (rok: 2016, tom: 11, strony: P02012), Wydawca: 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
  5. 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 (rok: 2015, tom: 798, strony: 172), Wydawca: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.nima.2015.06.058 - link to the publication
  6. 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 (rok: 2016, tom: 93, strony: 72006), Wydawca: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.93.072006 - link to the publication
  7. 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 (rok: 2015, tom: 43, strony: 4), Wydawca: 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
  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 (rok: 2017, tom: 96, strony: 122003), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.96.122003 - link to the publication
  9. 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 (rok: 2015, tom: 8, strony: 49), Wydawca: 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
  10. 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 (rok: 2014, tom: 91, strony: 32003), Wydawca: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.91.032003 - link to the publication
  11. 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 (rok: 2014, tom: 8, strony: 19), Wydawca: 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
  12. 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 (rok: 2016, tom: 1, strony: 37), Wydawca: 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
  13. 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 (rok: 2016, tom: 94, strony: 122007), Wydawca: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.94.122007 - link to the publication
  14. Universality of Electron Distributions in Extensive Air Showers
    Authors:
    Śmiałkowski, A., Giller, M.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2018, tom: 854, strony: 48), Wydawca: Institute of Physics Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/aaa488 - link to the publication
  15. 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 (rok: 2014, tom: 789, strony: l34), Wydawca: TEMPLE CIRCUS, TEMPLE WAY, BRISTOL BS1 6BE, ENGLAND
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/2041-8205/789/2/L34 - link to the publication
  16. 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 (rok: 2017, tom: 4, strony: 38), Wydawca: IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2017/04/038 - link to the publication
  17. 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 (rok: 2014, tom: 90, strony: 122005), Wydawca: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.90.122005 - link to the publication
  18. 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 (rok: 2015, tom: 91, strony: 92008), Wydawca: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.91.092008 - link to the publication
  19. 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 (rok: 2019, tom: 3, strony: 18), Wydawca: Institute of Physics Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2019/03/018 - link to the publication
  20. 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 (rok: 2017, tom: 6, strony: 26), Wydawca: IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2017/06/026 - 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 (rok: 2017, tom: 12, strony: P03002), Wydawca: Institute of Physics Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/12/03/P03002 - link to the publication
  22. 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 (rok: 2017, tom: 357, strony: 1266-1270), Wydawca: American Association for the Advancement of Science
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1126/science.aan4338 - link to the publication
  23. 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 (rok: 2018, tom: 2018, strony: 26), Wydawca: Institute of Physics Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2018/10/026 - link to the publication
  24. 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 (rok: 2017, tom: 4, strony: 9), Wydawca: IOP PUBLISHING LTD
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2017/04/009 - link to the publication
  25. 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 (rok: 2016, tom: 94, strony: 82002), Wydawca: AMER PHYSICAL SOC, ONE PHYSICS ELLIPSE, COLLEGE PK, MD 20740-3844 USA
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.94.082002 - link to the publication
  26. 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 (rok: 2015, ), Wydawca: http://pos.sissa.it/
    Status:
    Published
  27. 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 (rok: 2018, tom: 868, strony: 4), Wydawca: Institute of Physics Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/aae689 - 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 (rok: 2016, tom: 11, strony: P01018), Wydawca: 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. 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 (rok: 2019, tom: 10, strony: 22), Wydawca: Institute of Physics Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2019/10/022 - link to the publication
  30. 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 (rok: 2015, tom: 804, strony: 15), Wydawca: 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
  31. 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 (rok: 2015, ), Wydawca: http://pos.sissa.it/
    Status:
    Published
  32. 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 (rok: 2017, tom: 12, strony: P02006), Wydawca: Institute of Physics Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/12/02/P02006 - link to the publication
  33. 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 (rok: 2015, tom: 802, strony: 111), Wydawca: 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
  34. 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 (rok: 2015, tom: 1, strony: 37), Wydawca: 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
  35. 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 (rok: 2017, tom: 95, strony: 44-56), Wydawca: Elsevier B.V.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.astropartphys.2017.09.001 - link to the publication