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De Mitri, Ivan | |||||||
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Universita' del Salento and INFN Lecce - Via per Arnesano - Lecce - - Italy | |||||||
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Results from the Pierre Auger Observatory | |||||
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The Pierre Auger Observatory, located near Malargue, in the Province of Mendoza, Argentina, was designed and optimized to investigate the origin and the nature of ultra high energy cosmic rays, above 10^18 eV, using a hybrid detection technique. The surface array and the fluorescence detector provide complementary measurements of the extensive air showers. Data taking started in January 2004 with part of the array, reaching now a total exposure of more than 20000km2 sr yr. The latest results are presented, with particular emphasis on energy spectrum and mass composition. |
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