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Measurement of composition of ultra-high energy cosmic rays

2016/23/B/ST9/01635

Keywords:

cosmic rays mass composition extensive air showers

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 :

Instytut Fizyki Jądrowej im. Henryka Niewodniczańskiego Polskiej Akademii Nauk

woj. małopolskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Henryk Wilczyński 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call: OPUS 12 - announced on 2016-09-15

Amount awarded: 631 900 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-08-01

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2022-07-31

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Stacja robocza PC (10 000 PLN)
  2. Wyposażenie zdalnego pokoju kontrolnego (20 000 PLN)

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (42)
  1. Deep-learning based reconstruction of the shower maximum X max using the water-Cherenkov detectors of the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Instrumentation (rok: 2021, tom: 16, strony: P07019), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/16/07/P07019 - link to the publication
  2. Direct measurement of the muonic content of extensive air showersbetween 2×10^17and 2×10^18eV at the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    European Physical Journal C (rok: 2020, tom: 80, strony: 751), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1140/epjc/s10052-020-8055-y - link to the publication
  3. Measurement of the cosmic-ray energy spectrum above 2.5×10^18eV using the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Physical Review D (rok: 2020, tom: 102, strony: 62005), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.102.062005 - link to the publication
  4. 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 (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (rok: 2019, tom: 10, strony: 22), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2019/10/022 - link to the publication
  5. Reconstruction of events recorded with the surface detector of the PierreAuger Observatory
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Instrumentation (rok: 2020, tom: 15, strony: P10021), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/15/10/P10021 - link to the publication
  6. Aerosol Optical Depth at the Pierre Auger Observatory from MODIS satellite data
    Authors:
    N. Borodai, H. Wilczyński
    Academic press:
    Pierre Auger Collaboration Internal Notes (nie przeznaczone do publikacji poza Współpracą Pierre Auger) (rok: 2018, tom: GAP, strony: 41), Wydawca: Pierre Auger Collaboration
    Status:
    Submitted
  7. Calculation of muon rescaling factors and the beta exponent using top-down simulation: application to hybrid events
    Authors:
    D. Góra et al.
    Academic press:
    Pierre Auger Collaboration Internal Notes (nie przeznaczone do publikacji poza Współpracą Pierre Auger) (rok: 2021, tom: GAP, strony: 54), Wydawca: Pierre Auger Collaboration
    Status:
    Submitted
  8. SSD production and testing in Kraków
    Authors:
    N. Borodai et al.
    Academic press:
    Pierre Auger Collaboration Internal Notes (nie przeznaczone do publikacji poza Współpracą Pierre Auger) (rok: 2019, tom: GAP, strony: 70), Wydawca: Pierre Auger Collaboration
    Status:
    Submitted
  9. A Search for Ultra-high-energy Neutrinos from TXS 0506+056 Using the Pierre AugerObservatory
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al (the Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2020, tom: 902, strony: 105), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/abb476 - link to the publication
  10. AugerPrime - The upgrade of the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    J. Stasielak for the Pierre Auger Collaboration
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Modern Physics A (rok: 2022, tom: 37, strony: 2240012), Wydawca: World Scientific
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1142/S0217751X22400127 - link to the publication
  11. Features of the Energy Spectrum of Cosmic Rays above 2.5×10^18eVUsing the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Physical Review Letters (rok: 2020, tom: 125, strony: 121106), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevLett.125.121106 - link to the publication
  12. Muon number rescaling in simulations of air showers
    Authors:
    D. Góra et al.
    Academic press:
    Proceedings of Science (rok: 2021, tom: ICRC2021, strony: 207), Wydawca: Sissa Medialab Srl
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.48550/arXiv.2108.07527 - link to the publication
  13. Searches for Ultra-High-Energy Photons at the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    The Pierre Auger Collaboration
    Academic press:
    Universe (rok: 2022, tom: 8, strony: 579), Wydawca: MDPI
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3390/universe8110579 - link to the publication
  14. Studies on the response of a water-Cherenkov detector ofthe Pierre Auger Observatory to atmospheric muonsusing an RPC hodoscope
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Instrumentation (rok: 2020, tom: 15, strony: P09002), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/15/09/P09002 - link to the publication
  15. The FRAM robotic telescope for atmospheric monitoring at the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Instrumentation (rok: 2021, tom: 16, strony: P06027), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/16/06/P06027 - link to the publication
  16. The energy spectrum of cosmic rays beyond the turn-down around 10^17 eV as measured with the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    P. Abreu et al. (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    European Physical Journal C (rok: 2021, tom: 81, strony: 966), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09700-w - link to the publication
  17. A Search for Photons with Energies Above 2 × 10^17 eV Using Hybrid Data from the Low- Energy Extensions of the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    P. Abreu et al. (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2022, tom: 933, strony: 125), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/ac7393 - link to the publication
  18. Aerosol Optical Depth from MODIS satellite data above the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    N. Borodai for the Pierre Auger Collaboration
    Academic press:
    EPJ Web of Conferences (rok: 2019, tom: 197, strony: 2011), Wydawca: EDP Sciences
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/epjconf/201919702011 - link to the publication
  19. Calibration of the underground muon detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Instrumentation (rok: 2021, tom: 16, strony: P04003), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/16/04/P04003 - link to the publication
  20. Cosmic ray ensembles as signatures of ultra-high energy photons interacting with the solar magnetic field
    Authors:
    N. Dhital et al. (The CREDO collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (rok: 2022, tom: 3, strony: 38), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2022/03/038 - link to the publication
  21. Extraction of the muon signals recorded with the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory using recurrent neural networks
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Instrumentation (rok: 2021, tom: 16, strony: P07016), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/16/07/P07016 - link to the publication
  22. Measurement of the average shape of longitudinal profiles of cosmic-ray air showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (rok: 2019, tom: 3, strony: 18), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2019/03/018 - link to the publication
  23. Particle physics in cosmic rays
    Authors:
    D. Góra for the Pierre Auger Collaboration
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Modern Physics A (rok: 2021, tom: 36, strony: 2141010), Wydawca: World Scientific
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1142/S0217751X21410104 - link to the publication
  24. The Pierre Auger Observatory and its Upgrade
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Science Reviews - from the end of the world (rok: 2020, tom: Vol.1, No.4, strony: 12267), Wydawca: Center for Studies on Science, Development and Higher Education (Argentyna)
    Status:
    Published
  25. Top-down analysis: How to get composition fractions and muon scaling factors?
    Authors:
    D. Góra et al.
    Academic press:
    Pierre Auger Collaboration Internal Notes (nie przeznaczone do publikacji poza Współpracą Pierre Auger) (rok: 2020, tom: GAP, strony: 10), Wydawca: Pierre Auger Collaboration
    Status:
    Submitted
  26. A 3-Year Sample of Almost 1,600 Elves Recorded Above South America by the Pierre Auger Cosmic-Ray Observatory
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Earth and Space Science (rok: 2020, tom: 7, strony: e2019EA000582), Wydawca: American Geophysical Union
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1029/2019EA000582 - link to the publication
  27. Arrival Directions of Cosmic Rays above 32 EeV from Phase One of the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    P. Abreu et al. (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2022, tom: 935, strony: 170), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/ac7d4e - link to the publication
  28. Cosmic-Ray Anisotropies in Right Ascension Measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    A.Aab et al. (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2020, tom: 891, strony: 142), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/ab7236 - link to the publication
  29. Large-scale Cosmic-Ray Anisotropies above 4 EeV Measured by the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2018, tom: 868, strony: 4 (12pp)), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/aae689 - link to the publication
  30. Limits on point-like sources of ultra-high-energy neutrinos with the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (rok: 2019, tom: 11, strony: 4), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2019/11/004 - link to the publication
  31. Multi-Messenger Physics with the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    K.H. Kampert et al. (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences (rok: 2019, tom: 6, strony: 24), Wydawca: Frontiers Media
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3389/fspas.2019.00024 - link to the publication
  32. Search for Spatial Correlations of Neutrinos with Ultra-high-energy Cosmic Rays
    Authors:
    A. Albert et al. (The Antares, IceCube, Pierre Auger and Telescope Array Collaborations)
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2022, tom: 934, strony: 164), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/1538-4357/ac6def - link to the publication
  33. Testing effects of Lorentz invariance in the propagation of astroparticles with the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    P. Abreu et al. (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (rok: 2022, tom: 1, strony: 23), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2022/01/023 - link to the publication
  34. FD duty cycle extension – towards DAQ strategy
    Authors:
    J. Stasielak
    Academic press:
    Pierre Auger Collaboration Internal Notes (nie przeznaczone do publikacji poza Współpracą Pierre Auger) (rok: 2022, tom: GAP, strony: 24), Wydawca: Pierre Auger Collaboration
    Status:
    Submitted
  35. Data-driven estimation of the invisible energy of cosmic ray showers with the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Physical Review D (rok: 2019, tom: 100, strony: 82003), Wydawca: Americal Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevD.100.082003 - link to the publication
  36. Design, upgrade and characterization of the silicon photomultiplier front-end for the AMIGA detector at the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Instrumentation (rok: 2021, tom: 16, strony: P01026), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1748-0221/16/01/P01026 - link to the publication
  37. Measurement of the Fluctuations in the Number of Muons in Extensive Air Showers with the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al. (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Physical Review Letters (rok: 2021, tom: 126, strony: 152002), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.152002 - link to the publication
  38. Observation of inclined EeV air showers with the radio detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (rok: 2018, tom: 10, strony: 26), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2018/10/026 - link to the publication
  39. Particle physics in cosmic rays
    Authors:
    D. Góra for the Pierre Auger Collaboration
    Academic press:
    International Journal of Modern Physics A (rok: 2021, tom: 36, strony: 2141010), Wydawca: World Scientific
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1142/S0217751X21410104 - link to the publication
  40. Search for magnetically-induced signatures in the arrival directions of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory
    Authors:
    A. Aab et al (The Pierre Auger Collaboration)
    Academic press:
    Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (rok: 2020, tom: 6, strony: 17), Wydawca: IOP Publishing
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/1475-7516/2020/06/017 - link to the publication
  41. Calculation of muon rescaling factors and of the beta exponent using top-down simulations: validation test
    Authors:
    K. Almeida Cheminant et al.
    Academic press:
    Pierre Auger Collaboration Internal Notes (nie przeznaczone do publikacji poza Współpracą Pierre Auger) (rok: 2021, tom: GAP, strony: 53), Wydawca: Pierre Auger Collaboration
    Status:
    Submitted
  42. Cross-check and systematics study of the beta exponent using top-down simulation
    Authors:
    K. Almeida Cheminant et al.
    Academic press:
    Pierre Auger Collaboration Internal Notes (nie przeznaczone do publikacji poza Współpracą Pierre Auger) (rok: 2022, tom: GAP, strony: 27), Wydawca: Pierre Auger Collaboration
    Status:
    Submitted