Atmospheric Monitoring at a Cosmic Ray Observatory - a long-lasting endeavour

Atmospheric Monitoring at a Cosmic Ray Observatory - a long-lasting endeavour

The Pierre Auger Observatory for detecting ultrahigh energy cosmic rays has been founded in 1999. After a main planning and construction phase of about five years, the regular data taking started in 2004, but it took another four years until the full surface detector array was deployed. In parallel...

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Main Author: Keilhauer Bianca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2019-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201919702001
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spelling doaj-d907723c43d74ebfa55ef91543a9833a2021-08-02T17:03:57ZengEDP SciencesEPJ Web of Conferences2100-014X2019-01-011970200110.1051/epjconf/201919702001epjconf_atmohead2018_02001Atmospheric Monitoring at a Cosmic Ray Observatory - a long-lasting endeavourKeilhauer BiancaThe Pierre Auger Observatory for detecting ultrahigh energy cosmic rays has been founded in 1999. After a main planning and construction phase of about five years, the regular data taking started in 2004, but it took another four years until the full surface detector array was deployed. In parallel to the main detectors of the Observatory, a comprehensive set of instruments for monitoring the atmospheric conditions above the array was developed and installed as varying atmospheric conditions influence the development and detection of extensive air showers. The multitude of atmospheric monitoring installations at the Pierre Auger Observatory will be presented as well as the challenges and efforts to run such instruments for several decades.https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201919702001
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description The Pierre Auger Observatory for detecting ultrahigh energy cosmic rays has been founded in 1999. After a main planning and construction phase of about five years, the regular data taking started in 2004, but it took another four years until the full surface detector array was deployed. In parallel to the main detectors of the Observatory, a comprehensive set of instruments for monitoring the atmospheric conditions above the array was developed and installed as varying atmospheric conditions influence the development and detection of extensive air showers. The multitude of atmospheric monitoring installations at the Pierre Auger Observatory will be presented as well as the challenges and efforts to run such instruments for several decades.
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