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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik
T 82: Kosmische Strahlung II
T 82.2: Group Report
Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 17:05–17:25, KGI-HS 1199
The Pierre Auger Observatory: Status and Results — •Hans Dembinski — III. Physikalisches Institut A, RWTH Aachen
The Pierre Auger Observatory in Malargüe, Argentina, is a hybrid detector for ultra-high energy cosmic rays. It consists of a 3000 km2 surface array and 24 fluorescence detector telescopes. The observatory will be fully completed in early 2008, but is already taking data since 2004 and has already accumulated five times of the statistics of the largest former experiments (AGASA, HiRes).
The talk will give an update on the status of the experiment and its enhancements. The latest physical results concerning the energy spectrum, anisotropy and cosmic ray composition will be presented. The talk closes with an outlook on the future physics potential of currently developed enhanced detection techniques.