Status of the Auger Engineering Array
Abstract
In order to test the design of the Pierre Auger Observatory, as well as different construction alternatives, a small subset of the full array is being built in Malarg¨ue, Argentina, and will be put into operation this year. It will consist of 40 surface detectors, covering an area of 46 km2 , and 2 fluorescence telescopes with an angle of view of 30° x 30° each. We present a description of this engineering array and report on the advances achieved so far and on future prospects.
- Publication:
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International Cosmic Ray Conference
- Pub Date:
- 2001
- Bibcode:
- 2001ICRC....2..730A