J. A. Bellido (Author), Andrej Filipčič (Author), J. P. Lundquist (Author), S. U. Shivashankara (Author), Samo Stanič (Author), Serguei Vorobiov (Author), Danilo Zavrtanik (Author), Marko Zavrtanik (Author)

Abstract

The Pierre Auger Observatory uses fluorescence telescopes in conjunction with ground level particle detectors to measure high-energy cosmic rays and reconstruct, with greater precision, their arrival direction, their energy and the depth of shower maximum. The depth of shower maximum is important to infer cosmic ray mass composition. The fluorescence detector is capable of directly measuring the longitudinal shower development, which is used to reconstruct the cosmic ray energy and the atmospheric depth of shower maximum. However, given the limited field of view of the fluorescence detector, the shower profile is not always fully contained within the detector observation volume. Therefore, considerations need to be taken in order to reconstruct some events. In this contribution we will describe the method that the Pierre Auger Collaboration uses to reconstruct the longitudinal profiles of showers and present the details of its performance, namely its resolution and systematic uncertainties.

Keywords

ultra-high-energy cosmic rays;Pierre Auger Observatory;extensive air showers;longitudinal shower profiles;

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Language: English
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Typology: 1.08 - Published Scientific Conference Contribution
Organization: UNG - University of Nova Gorica
UDC: 52
COBISS: 165152259 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 1824-8039
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Type (COBISS): Not categorized
Pages: str. 1-13
Chronology: 2023
ID: 21843061