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T: Fachverband Teilchenphysik

T 75: Eingeladene Vorträge VI

T 75.1: Semi-Invited Talk

Thursday, March 28, 2019, 14:00–14:30, H03

AugerPrime: Pushing the Research Frontier of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays — •Darko Veberic — Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany — for The Pierre Auger Collaboration

Taking data for more than 15 years and delivering many interesting results, the Pierre Auger Observatory is undergoing a major upgrade. The 1660 water-Cherenkov detectors, composing the 3000 km2 of the surface array, will be instrumented with additional scintillators, radio-detection units, and new faster acquisition electronics, while modifying the fluorescence detector to achieve larger duty cycle. I will present the main features of the design, our (already ongoing) deployment plans, impact of the additional event information on identification of primary cosmic rays, and discuss the goals and potential capabilities of the upgraded Observatory.