Atmospheric Monitoring. Our atmosphere monitoring section is only available to members of the Auger collaboration. Description of Activities. The Pierre Auger Aims to observe the highest-energy cosmic rays. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment What are cosmic rays? These are very energetic charged particles that continually bombard the earth. These particles are usually protons, but can also be larger nuclei.

Cookies are used by this site. To decline or learn more, visit our Cookies page Pierre Auger Observatory A Visual Overview (1:00) This stream is being hosted by Fermilab's Visual Media Services Scientists celebrate inauguration of Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina, plan for second phase in Colorado. GOLDEN, Colo., Nov. 14, 2008 – Scientists of the What is the Pierre Auger Observatory Project? The Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory is studying ultra high energy cosmic rays, the most energetic and rarest


Inside the atmospheric monitoring task, our group is involved with the following topics: ๏ ASM (Auger Star Monitor): is one of a handful of instruments used to Description: While working at Brookhaven National Laboratory, James Cronin observed the CP violation. This work resulted in the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics.


Friday, September 10th, 2010 Time: 4:00 pm Place: 2241 Chamberlin Hall (coffee at 3:30 pm) Speaker: Jim Matthews, Louisiana State University Host: Westerhoff Auger Project Selects Colorado Site for Giant Cosmic Ray Observatory.