Highlights from the Pierre Auger Observatory (ICRC2019)
Abstract
The Pierre Auger Observatory has collected data for more than 15 years, accumulating the world's largest exposure to ultrahigh energy cosmic rays (UHECRs). The energy spectrum of the UHECRs has been measured up to eV, and their mass composition has been studied exploiting both the fluorescence and surface detectors of the Observatory. The analysis of the UHECRs arrival directions allowed us to measure their large-scale anisotropies over more than three decades in energy. The searches for intermediate-scale anisotropies are being performed with an exposure now reaching approximately kmsr yr. For the first time, the fluctuations in the number of muons in inclined air showers above eV have been obtained, while more information in the energy range eV comes from the direct measure of muons with the underground scintillators of the Observatory. Moreover, we discuss the limits obtained on the fluxes of neutral particles and the results of the searches for UHE neutrinos from transient astrophysical sources. The new perspectives opened by the current results call for an upgrade of the Observatory, whose main aim is the collection of new information about the primary mass of the highest energy cosmic rays to understand the origin of the observed flux suppression. The progress of the upgrade of the Observatory, AugerPrime, is presented and discussed.
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@article{arxiv.1909.10791,
title = {Highlights from the Pierre Auger Observatory (ICRC2019)},
author = {Antonella Castellina},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.10791},
year = {2019}
}
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Highlight talk at the 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference