Properties and performance of the prototype instrument for the Pierre Auger Observatory

J. Abraham; M. Aglietta; I. C. Aguirre; M. Albrow; D. Allard; I. Allekotte; P. Allison; J. Alvarez Muñiz; M. G. Do Amaral; M. Ambrosio; L. Anchordoqui; R. Andrews; M. Anguiano; J. C. Dos Anjos; C. Aramo; S. Argiro; K. Arisaka; J. C. Arteaga; S. Atulugama; M. Ave; G. Avila; R. Baggio; X. Bai; A. F. Barbosa; H. M.J. Barbosa; D. Barnhill; S. L.C. Barroso; P. Bauleo; J. Beatty; T. Beau; K. H. Becker; J. A. Bellido; P. Bello; T. Bergmann; E. Berman; X. Bertou; P. Biermann; P. Billoir; R. Biral; H. Bluemer; M. Bohacova; E. Bollmann; C. Bonifazi; M. Boratav; A. Boselli; J. Brack; J. M. Brunet; H. Bui-Duc; V. Cabrera; D. V. Camin; J. N. Capdevielle; A. Carreño; N. Cartiglia; R. Caruso; L. A. De Carvalho; S. Casanova; E. Casimiro; A. Castellina; J. Castro; P. W. Cattaneo; L. Cazon; R. Cester; N. Chávez; D. Cheam; A. Chiavassa; J. A. Chinellato; M. Chiosso; A. Chou; J. Chye; A. Cillis; B. Civit; D. Claes; P. D.J. Clark; R. W. Clay; F. Cohen; A. Cordero; A. Cordier; E. Cormier; J. Cotzomi; U. Cotti; S. Coutu; C. E. Covault; A. Creusot; J. W. Cronin; M. Cuautle; S. Dagoret-Campagne; T. Dang-Quang; P. Da Silva; J. Darling; P. Darriulat; K. Daumiller; B. R. Dawson; L. De Bruijn; A. De Capoa; M. A.L. De Oliveira; V. De Souza; A. Della Selva; O. Deligny; J. C. Diaz; C. Dobrigkeit; J. C. D'Olivo; A. Dorofeev; M. T. Dova; A. Dye; M. A. Duvernois; R. Engel; L. N. Epele; P. Eschstruth; C. O. Escobar; A. Etchegoyen; P. Facal San Luis; A. C. Fauth; N. Fazzini; A. Fernández; A. M.J. Ferrero; B. Fick; A. Filevich; A. Filipčivč; R. Fonte; W. Fulgione; E. Gámez; B. Garcia; C. A. Garcia; H. Geenen; H. Gemmeke; C. Germain-Renaud; P. L. Ghia; K. Gibbs; M. Giller; J. Gitto; H. Glass; M. Gómez Berisso; P. F. Gomez Vitale; J. González; J. González; D. Gora; A. Goodwin; P. Gouffon; V. Grassi; A. F. Grillo; C. Grunfeld; J. Grygar; F. Guarino; G. Guedes; C. Guerard; R. Gumbsheimer; J. L. Harton; F. Hasenbalg; D. Heck; J. M. Hernández; D. Hoffer; C. Hojvat; P. Homola; M. Horvat; M. Hrabovsky; A. Insolia; S. Jaminion; Y. Jerónimo; L. Jiang; M. Kaducak; K. H. Kampert; B. Keilhauer; E. Kemp; H. Klages; M. Kleifges; J. Kleinfeller; J. Knapp; A. Kopmann; N. Kunka; M. Kutschera; C. Lachaud; M. Lapolla; A. Letessier-Selvon; I. Lhenry-Yvon; J. Lloyd-Evans; R. López; A. Lopez Aguera; M. Lucano; R. Luna; Y. Ma; M. E. Manceñido; P. F. Manfredi; L. Manhaes; P. Mantsch; A. G. Mariazzi; M. J. Markus; G. Martin; O. Martineau; J. Martinez; N. Martinez; O. Martínez; H. J. Mathes; J. A.J. Matthews; J. Matthews; G. Matthiae; E. Marques; P. Matussek; G. Maurin; D. Maurizio; P. Mazur; T. McCauley; M. McEwen; R. R. McNeil; C. Medina; M. C. Medina; G. Medina-Tanco; D. Melo; M. Melocchi; E. Menichetti; A. Menshikov; F. Meyer; R. Meyhandan; J. C. Meza; G. Miele; W. Miller; M. Mohammed; D. Monnier-Ragaigne; C. Morello; E. Moreno; M. Mostafa; R. Mussa; H. Nassini; G. Navarra; L. Nellen; F. Nerling; C. Newman-Holmes; D. Nicotra; S. Nigro; D. Nitz; H. Nogima; D. Nosek; M. Nuñez; T. Ohnuki; A. Olinto; S. Ostaptchenko; M. Palatka; G. Parente; E. Parizot; E. H. Pasaye; N. Pastrone; M. Patel; T. Paul; I. Pedraza; J. Pekala; R. Pelayo; I. M. Pepe; A. Pérez-Lorenzana; L. Perrone; N. Peshman; S. Petrera; P. Petrinca; D. Pham-Ngoc; P. Pham-Trung; T. Pierog; O. Pisanti; N. Playez; E. Ponce; T. A. Porter; L. Prado Junior; P. Privitera; M. Prouza; C. L. Pryke; J. B. Rafert; G. Raia; S. Ranchon; L. Ratti; D. Ravignani; V. Re; H. C. Reis; S. Reucroft; B. Revenue; M. Richten; J. Ridky; A. Risi; M. Risse; V. Rizi; M. D. Roberts; C. Robledo; G. Rodriguez; J. Rodriquez; J. Rodriquez Martino; S. Román; L. Rosa; M. Roth; A. C. Rovero; H. Salazar; G. Salina; F. Sanchez; M. Santander; L. G. Dos Santos; R. Sato; P. Schovanek; V. Scherini; S. J. Sciutto; G. Sequeiros-Haddad; R. C. Shellard; E. Shibuya; F. V. Siguas; W. Slater; N. Smetniansky-De Grande; K. Smith; G. R. Snow; P. Sommers; C. Song; H. Spinka; F. Suarez; T. Suomijärvi; D. Supanitsky; J. Swain; Z. Szadkowski; A. Tamashiro; G. J. Thornton; T. Thouw; R. Ticona; W. Tkaczyk; C. J. Todero Peixoto; A. Tripathi; G. Tristram; M. Trombley; D. Tscherniakhovski; P. Tuckey; V. Tunnicliffe; M. Urban; C. Uribe Estrada; J. F. Valdés; A. Vargas; C. Vargas; R. Vazquez; D. Veberič; A. Veiga; A. Velarde; F. Vernotte; V. Verzi; M. Videla; C. Vigorito; L. M. Villaseñor; M. Vlcek; L. Voyvodic; T. Vo-Van; T. Waldenmaier; P. Walker; D. Warner; A. A. Watson; Ch Wiebusch; G. Wieczorek; B. Wilczynska; H. Wilczynski; N. R. Wild; T. Yamamoto; E. Zas; D. Zavrtanik; M. Zavrtanik; A. Zepeda; C. Zhang; Q. Zhu

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2003.12.012

Properties and performance of the prototype instrument for the Pierre Auger Observatory

J. Abraham, M. Aglietta, I. C. Aguirre, M. Albrow, D. Allard, I. Allekotte, P. Allison, J. Alvarez Muñiz, M. G. Do Amaral, M. Ambrosio, L. Anchordoqui, R. Andrews, M. Anguiano, J. C. Dos Anjos, C. Aramo, S. Argiro, K. Arisaka, J. C. Arteaga, S. Atulugama, M. AveG. Avila, R. Baggio, X. Bai, A. F. Barbosa, H. M.J. Barbosa, D. Barnhill, S. L.C. Barroso, P. Bauleo, J. Beatty, T. Beau, K. H. Becker, J. A. Bellido, P. Bello, T. Bergmann, E. Berman, X. Bertou, P. Biermann, P. Billoir, R. Biral, H. Bluemer, M. Bohacova, E. Bollmann, C. Bonifazi, M. Boratav, A. Boselli, J. Brack, J. M. Brunet, H. Bui-Duc, V. Cabrera, D. V. Camin, J. N. Capdevielle, A. Carreño, N. Cartiglia, R. Caruso, L. A. De Carvalho, S. Casanova, E. Casimiro, A. Castellina, J. Castro, P. W. Cattaneo, L. Cazon, R. Cester, N. Chávez, D. Cheam, A. Chiavassa, J. A. Chinellato, M. Chiosso, A. Chou, J. Chye, A. Cillis, B. Civit, D. Claes, P. D.J. Clark, R. W. Clay, F. Cohen, A. Cordero, A. Cordier, E. Cormier, J. Cotzomi, U. Cotti, S. Coutu, C. E. Covault, A. Creusot, J. W. Cronin, M. Cuautle, S. Dagoret-Campagne, T. Dang-Quang, P. Da Silva, J. Darling, P. Darriulat, K. Daumiller, B. R. Dawson, L. De Bruijn, A. De Capoa, M. A.L. De Oliveira, V. De Souza, A. Della Selva, O. Deligny, J. C. Diaz, C. Dobrigkeit, J. C. D'Olivo, A. Dorofeev, M. T. Dova, A. Dye, M. A. Duvernois, R. Engel, L. N. Epele, P. Eschstruth, C. O. Escobar, A. Etchegoyen, P. Facal San Luis, A. C. Fauth, N. Fazzini, A. Fernández, A. M.J. Ferrero, B. Fick, A. Filevich, A. Filipčivč, R. Fonte, W. Fulgione, E. Gámez, B. Garcia, C. A. Garcia, H. Geenen, H. Gemmeke, C. Germain-Renaud, P. L. Ghia, K. Gibbs, M. Giller, J. Gitto, H. Glass, M. Gómez Berisso, P. F. Gomez Vitale, J. González, J. González, D. Gora, A. Goodwin, P. Gouffon, V. Grassi, A. F. Grillo, C. Grunfeld, J. Grygar, F. Guarino, G. Guedes, C. Guerard, R. Gumbsheimer, J. L. Harton, F. Hasenbalg, D. Heck, J. M. Hernández, D. Hoffer, C. Hojvat, P. Homola, M. Horvat, M. Hrabovsky, A. Insolia, S. Jaminion, Y. Jerónimo, L. Jiang, M. Kaducak, K. H. Kampert, B. Keilhauer, E. Kemp, H. Klages, M. Kleifges, J. Kleinfeller, J. Knapp, A. Kopmann, N. Kunka, M. Kutschera, C. Lachaud, M. Lapolla, A. Letessier-Selvon, I. Lhenry-Yvon, J. Lloyd-Evans, R. López, A. Lopez Aguera, M. Lucano, R. Luna, Y. Ma, M. E. Manceñido, P. F. Manfredi, L. Manhaes, P. Mantsch, A. G. Mariazzi, M. J. Markus, G. Martin, O. Martineau, J. Martinez, N. Martinez, O. Martínez, H. J. Mathes, J. A.J. Matthews, J. Matthews, G. Matthiae, E. Marques, P. Matussek, G. Maurin, D. Maurizio, P. Mazur, T. McCauley, M. McEwen, R. R. McNeil, C. Medina, M. C. Medina, G. Medina-Tanco, D. Melo, M. Melocchi, E. Menichetti, A. Menshikov, F. Meyer, R. Meyhandan, J. C. Meza, G. Miele, W. Miller, M. Mohammed, D. Monnier-Ragaigne, C. Morello, E. Moreno, M. Mostafa, R. Mussa, H. Nassini, G. Navarra, L. Nellen, F. Nerling, C. Newman-Holmes, D. Nicotra, S. Nigro, D. Nitz, H. Nogima, D. Nosek, M. Nuñez, T. Ohnuki, A. Olinto, S. Ostaptchenko, M. Palatka, G. Parente, E. Parizot, E. H. Pasaye, N. Pastrone, M. Patel, T. Paul, I. Pedraza, J. Pekala, R. Pelayo, I. M. Pepe, A. Pérez-Lorenzana, L. Perrone, N. Peshman, S. Petrera, P. Petrinca, D. Pham-Ngoc, P. Pham-Trung, T. Pierog, O. Pisanti, N. Playez, E. Ponce, T. A. Porter, L. Prado Junior, P. Privitera, M. Prouza, C. L. Pryke, J. B. Rafert, G. Raia, S. Ranchon, L. Ratti, D. Ravignani, V. Re, H. C. Reis, S. Reucroft, B. Revenue, M. Richten, J. Ridky, A. Risi, M. Risse, V. Rizi, M. D. Roberts, C. Robledo, G. Rodriguez, J. Rodriquez, J. Rodriquez Martino, S. Román, L. Rosa, M. Roth, A. C. Rovero, H. Salazar, G. Salina, F. Sanchez, M. Santander, L. G. Dos Santos, R. Sato, P. Schovanek, V. Scherini, S. J. Sciutto, G. Sequeiros-Haddad, R. C. Shellard, E. Shibuya, F. V. Siguas, W. Slater, N. Smetniansky-De Grande, K. Smith, G. R. Snow, P. Sommers, C. Song, H. Spinka, F. Suarez, T. Suomijärvi, D. Supanitsky, J. Swain, Z. Szadkowski, A. Tamashiro, G. J. Thornton, T. Thouw, R. Ticona, W. Tkaczyk, C. J. Todero Peixoto, A. Tripathi, G. Tristram, M. Trombley, D. Tscherniakhovski, P. Tuckey, V. Tunnicliffe, M. Urban, C. Uribe Estrada, J. F. Valdés, A. Vargas, C. Vargas, R. Vazquez, D. Veberič, A. Veiga, A. Velarde, F. Vernotte, V. Verzi, M. Videla, C. Vigorito, L. M. Villaseñor, M. Vlcek, L. Voyvodic, T. Vo-Van, T. Waldenmaier, P. Walker, D. Warner, A. A. Watson, Ch Wiebusch, G. Wieczorek, B. Wilczynska, H. Wilczynski, N. R. Wild, T. Yamamoto, E. Zas, D. Zavrtanik, M. Zavrtanik, A. Zepeda, C. Zhang, Q. Zhu

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Abstract

Construction of the first stage of the Pierre Auger Observatory has begun. The aim of the Observatory is to collect unprecedented information about cosmic rays above 10¹⁸ eV. The first phase of the project, the construction and operation of a prototype system, known as the engineering array, has now been completed. It has allowed all of the sub-systems that will be used in the full instrument to be tested under field conditions. In this paper, the properties and performance of these sub-systems are described and their success illustrated with descriptions of some of the events recorded thus far.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	50-95
Number of pages	46
Journal	Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume	523
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2003.12.012
State	Published - May 1 2004

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Instrumentation

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Abraham, J., Aglietta, M., Aguirre, I. C., Albrow, M., Allard, D., Allekotte, I., Allison, P., Alvarez Muñiz, J., Do Amaral, M. G., Ambrosio, M., Anchordoqui, L., Andrews, R., Anguiano, M., Dos Anjos, J. C., Aramo, C., Argiro, S., Arisaka, K., Arteaga, J. C., Atulugama, S., ... Zhu, Q. (2004). Properties and performance of the prototype instrument for the Pierre Auger Observatory. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 523(1-2), 50-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2003.12.012

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abstract = "Construction of the first stage of the Pierre Auger Observatory has begun. The aim of the Observatory is to collect unprecedented information about cosmic rays above 1018 eV. The first phase of the project, the construction and operation of a prototype system, known as the engineering array, has now been completed. It has allowed all of the sub-systems that will be used in the full instrument to be tested under field conditions. In this paper, the properties and performance of these sub-systems are described and their success illustrated with descriptions of some of the events recorded thus far.",

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Castro and Cattaneo, {P. W.} and L. Cazon and R. Cester and N. Ch{\'a}vez and D. Cheam and A. Chiavassa and Chinellato, {J. A.} and M. Chiosso and A. Chou and J. Chye and A. Cillis and B. Civit and D. Claes and Clark, {P. D.J.} and Clay, {R. W.} and F. Cohen and A. Cordero and A. Cordier and E. Cormier and J. Cotzomi and U. Cotti and S. Coutu and Covault, {C. E.} and A. Creusot and Cronin, {J. W.} and M. Cuautle and S. Dagoret-Campagne and T. Dang-Quang and {Da Silva}, P. and J. Darling and P. Darriulat and K. Daumiller and Dawson, {B. R.} and {De Bruijn}, L. and {De Capoa}, A. and {De Oliveira}, {M. A.L.} and {De Souza}, V. and {Della Selva}, A. and O. Deligny and Diaz, {J. C.} and C. Dobrigkeit and D'Olivo, {J. C.} and A. Dorofeev and Dova, {M. T.} and A. Dye and Duvernois, {M. A.} and R. Engel and Epele, {L. N.} and P. Eschstruth and Escobar, {C. O.} and A. Etchegoyen and {Facal San Luis}, P. and Fauth, {A. C.} and N. Fazzini and A. Fern{\'a}ndez and Ferrero, {A. M.J.} and B. Fick and A. Filevich and A. Filip{\v c}iv{\v c} and R. Fonte and W. Fulgione and E. G{\'a}mez and B. Garcia and Garcia, {C. A.} and H. Geenen and H. Gemmeke and C. Germain-Renaud and Ghia, {P. L.} and K. Gibbs and M. Giller and J. Gitto and H. Glass and {G{\'o}mez Berisso}, M. and {Gomez Vitale}, {P. F.} and J. Gonz{\'a}lez and J. Gonz{\'a}lez and D. Gora and A. Goodwin and P. Gouffon and V. Grassi and Grillo, {A. F.} and C. Grunfeld and J. Grygar and F. Guarino and G. Guedes and C. Guerard and R. Gumbsheimer and Harton, {J. L.} and F. Hasenbalg and D. Heck and Hern{\'a}ndez, {J. M.} and D. Hoffer and C. Hojvat and P. Homola and M. Horvat and M. Hrabovsky and A. Insolia and S. Jaminion and Y. Jer{\'o}nimo and L. Jiang and M. Kaducak and Kampert, {K. H.} and B. Keilhauer and E. Kemp and H. Klages and M. Kleifges and J. Kleinfeller and J. Knapp and A. Kopmann and N. Kunka and M. Kutschera and C. Lachaud and M. Lapolla and A. Letessier-Selvon and I. Lhenry-Yvon and J. Lloyd-Evans and R. L{\'o}pez and {Lopez Aguera}, A. and M. Lucano and R. Luna and Y. Ma and Mance{\~n}ido, {M. E.} and Manfredi, {P. F.} and L. Manhaes and P. Mantsch and Mariazzi, {A. G.} and Markus, {M. J.} and G. Martin and O. Martineau and J. Martinez and N. Martinez and O. Mart{\'i}nez and Mathes, {H. J.} and Matthews, {J. A.J.} and J. Matthews and G. Matthiae and E. Marques and P. Matussek and G. Maurin and D. Maurizio and P. Mazur and T. McCauley and M. McEwen and McNeil, {R. R.} and C. Medina and Medina, {M. C.} and G. Medina-Tanco and D. Melo and M. Melocchi and E. Menichetti and A. Menshikov and F. Meyer and R. Meyhandan and Meza, {J. C.} and G. Miele and W. Miller and M. Mohammed and D. Monnier-Ragaigne and C. Morello and E. Moreno and M. Mostafa and R. Mussa and H. Nassini and G. Navarra and L. Nellen and F. Nerling and C. Newman-Holmes and D. Nicotra and S. Nigro and D. Nitz and H. Nogima and D. Nosek and M. Nu{\~n}ez and T. Ohnuki and A. Olinto and S. Ostaptchenko and M. Palatka and G. Parente and E. Parizot and Pasaye, {E. H.} and N. Pastrone and M. Patel and T. Paul and I. Pedraza and J. Pekala and R. Pelayo and Pepe, {I. M.} and A. P{\'e}rez-Lorenzana and L. Perrone and N. Peshman and S. Petrera and P. Petrinca and D. Pham-Ngoc and P. Pham-Trung and T. Pierog and O. Pisanti and N. Playez and E. Ponce and Porter, {T. A.} and {Prado Junior}, L. and P. Privitera and M. Prouza and Pryke, {C. L.} and Rafert, {J. B.} and G. Raia and S. Ranchon and L. Ratti and D. Ravignani and V. Re and Reis, {H. C.} and S. Reucroft and B. Revenue and M. Richten and J. Ridky and A. Risi and M. Risse and V. Rizi and Roberts, {M. D.} and C. Robledo and G. Rodriguez and J. Rodriquez and {Rodriquez Martino}, J. and S. Rom{\'a}n and L. Rosa and M. Roth and Rovero, {A. C.} and H. Salazar and G. Salina and F. Sanchez and M. Santander and {Dos Santos}, {L. G.} and R. Sato and P. Schovanek and V. Scherini and Sciutto, {S. J.} and G. Sequeiros-Haddad and Shellard, {R. C.} and E. Shibuya and Siguas, {F. V.} and W. Slater and {Smetniansky-De Grande}, N. and K. Smith and Snow, {G. R.} and P. Sommers and C. Song and H. Spinka and F. Suarez and T. Suomij{\"a}rvi and D. Supanitsky and J. Swain and Z. Szadkowski and A. Tamashiro and Thornton, {G. J.} and T. Thouw and R. Ticona and W. Tkaczyk and {Todero Peixoto}, {C. J.} and A. Tripathi and G. Tristram and M. Trombley and D. Tscherniakhovski and P. Tuckey and V. Tunnicliffe and M. Urban and {Uribe Estrada}, C. and Vald{\'e}s, {J. F.} and A. Vargas and C. Vargas and R. Vazquez and D. Veberi{\v c} and A. Veiga and A. Velarde and F. Vernotte and V. Verzi and M. Videla and C. Vigorito and Villase{\~n}or, {L. M.} and M. Vlcek and L. Voyvodic and T. Vo-Van and T. Waldenmaier and P. Walker and D. Warner and Watson, {A. A.} and Ch Wiebusch and G. Wieczorek and B. Wilczynska and H. Wilczynski and Wild, {N. R.} and T. Yamamoto and E. Zas and D. Zavrtanik and M. Zavrtanik and A. Zepeda and C. Zhang and Q. Zhu",

note = "Funding Information: We are very grateful to the following agencies and organisations for financial support: Gobierno de Mendoza, Comisi{\'o}n Nacional de Energ{\'ı}a At{\'o}mica y Municipalidad de Malarg{\"u}e, Argentina; the Australian Research Council; Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico and Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; National Science Foundation of China, Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic (projects LA134 and LN00A006); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de Physique Nucl{\'e}aire et Physique des Particules (IN2P3/CNRS), Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers (INSU/CNRS) et Conseil R{\'e}gional Ile de France, France; German Ministry for Education and Research and Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Mexico; the Polish State Committee for Scientific Research (grant numbers PBZ KBN 054/P03/2001, 2 PO3B 110 24 and 2 PO3D 011 24); Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia; MCyT (grant FPA 2001-3837) and Xunta de Galicia (grant PGIDIT02 PXIC 20611PN), Spain; Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, UK, the University of Chicago, the US Department of Energy the US National Science Foundation, USA, and UNESCO.",

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Properties and performance of the prototype instrument for the Pierre Auger Observatory. / Abraham, J.; Aglietta, M.; Aguirre, I. C. et al.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 523, No. 1-2, 01.05.2004, p. 50-95.

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T1 - Properties and performance of the prototype instrument for the Pierre Auger Observatory

AU - Abraham, J.

AU - Aglietta, M.

AU - Aguirre, I. C.

AU - Albrow, M.

AU - Allard, D.

AU - Allekotte, I.

AU - Allison, P.

AU - Alvarez Muñiz, J.

AU - Do Amaral, M. G.

AU - Ambrosio, M.

AU - Anchordoqui, L.

AU - Andrews, R.

AU - Anguiano, M.

AU - Dos Anjos, J. C.

AU - Aramo, C.

AU - Argiro, S.

AU - Arisaka, K.

AU - Arteaga, J. C.

AU - Atulugama, S.

AU - Ave, M.

AU - Avila, G.

AU - Baggio, R.

AU - Bai, X.

AU - Barbosa, A. F.

AU - Barbosa, H. M.J.

AU - Barnhill, D.

AU - Barroso, S. L.C.

AU - Bauleo, P.

AU - Beatty, J.

AU - Beau, T.

AU - Becker, K. H.

AU - Bellido, J. A.

AU - Bello, P.

AU - Bergmann, T.

AU - Berman, E.

AU - Bertou, X.

AU - Biermann, P.

AU - Billoir, P.

AU - Biral, R.

AU - Bluemer, H.

AU - Bohacova, M.

AU - Bollmann, E.

AU - Bonifazi, C.

AU - Boratav, M.

AU - Boselli, A.

AU - Brack, J.

AU - Brunet, J. M.

AU - Bui-Duc, H.

AU - Cabrera, V.

AU - Camin, D. V.

AU - Capdevielle, J. N.

AU - Carreño, A.

AU - Cartiglia, N.

AU - Caruso, R.

AU - De Carvalho, L. A.

AU - Casanova, S.

AU - Casimiro, E.

AU - Castellina, A.

AU - Castro, J.

AU - Cattaneo, P. W.

AU - Cazon, L.

AU - Cester, R.

AU - Chávez, N.

AU - Cheam, D.

AU - Chiavassa, A.

AU - Chinellato, J. A.

AU - Chiosso, M.

AU - Chou, A.

AU - Chye, J.

AU - Cillis, A.

AU - Civit, B.

AU - Claes, D.

AU - Clark, P. D.J.

AU - Clay, R. W.

AU - Cohen, F.

AU - Cordero, A.

AU - Cordier, A.

AU - Cormier, E.

AU - Cotzomi, J.

AU - Cotti, U.

AU - Coutu, S.

AU - Covault, C. E.

AU - Creusot, A.

AU - Cronin, J. W.

AU - Cuautle, M.

AU - Dagoret-Campagne, S.

AU - Dang-Quang, T.

AU - Da Silva, P.

AU - Darling, J.

AU - Darriulat, P.

AU - Daumiller, K.

AU - Dawson, B. R.

AU - De Bruijn, L.

AU - De Capoa, A.

AU - De Oliveira, M. A.L.

AU - De Souza, V.

AU - Della Selva, A.

AU - Deligny, O.

AU - Diaz, J. C.

AU - Dobrigkeit, C.

AU - D'Olivo, J. C.

AU - Dorofeev, A.

AU - Dova, M. T.

AU - Dye, A.

AU - Duvernois, M. A.

AU - Engel, R.

AU - Epele, L. N.

AU - Eschstruth, P.

AU - Escobar, C. O.

AU - Etchegoyen, A.

AU - Facal San Luis, P.

AU - Fauth, A. C.

AU - Fazzini, N.

AU - Fernández, A.

AU - Ferrero, A. M.J.

AU - Fick, B.

AU - Filevich, A.

AU - Filipčivč, A.

AU - Fonte, R.

AU - Fulgione, W.

AU - Gámez, E.

AU - Garcia, B.

AU - Garcia, C. A.

AU - Geenen, H.

AU - Gemmeke, H.

AU - Germain-Renaud, C.

AU - Ghia, P. L.

AU - Gibbs, K.

AU - Giller, M.

AU - Gitto, J.

AU - Glass, H.

AU - Gómez Berisso, M.

AU - Gomez Vitale, P. F.

AU - González, J.

AU - Gora, D.

AU - Goodwin, A.

AU - Gouffon, P.

AU - Grassi, V.

AU - Grillo, A. F.

AU - Grunfeld, C.

AU - Grygar, J.

AU - Guarino, F.

AU - Guedes, G.

AU - Guerard, C.

AU - Gumbsheimer, R.

AU - Harton, J. L.

AU - Hasenbalg, F.

AU - Heck, D.

AU - Hernández, J. M.

AU - Hoffer, D.

AU - Hojvat, C.

AU - Homola, P.

AU - Horvat, M.

AU - Hrabovsky, M.

AU - Insolia, A.

AU - Jaminion, S.

AU - Jerónimo, Y.

AU - Jiang, L.

AU - Kaducak, M.

AU - Kampert, K. H.

AU - Keilhauer, B.

AU - Kemp, E.

AU - Klages, H.

AU - Kleifges, M.

AU - Kleinfeller, J.

AU - Knapp, J.

AU - Kopmann, A.

AU - Kunka, N.

AU - Kutschera, M.

AU - Lachaud, C.

AU - Lapolla, M.

AU - Letessier-Selvon, A.

AU - Lhenry-Yvon, I.

AU - Lloyd-Evans, J.

AU - López, R.

AU - Lopez Aguera, A.

AU - Lucano, M.

AU - Luna, R.

AU - Ma, Y.

AU - Manceñido, M. E.

AU - Manfredi, P. F.

AU - Manhaes, L.

AU - Mantsch, P.

AU - Mariazzi, A. G.

AU - Markus, M. J.

AU - Martin, G.

AU - Martineau, O.

AU - Martinez, J.

AU - Martinez, N.

AU - Martínez, O.

AU - Mathes, H. J.

AU - Matthews, J. A.J.

AU - Matthews, J.

AU - Matthiae, G.

AU - Marques, E.

AU - Matussek, P.

AU - Maurin, G.

AU - Maurizio, D.

AU - Mazur, P.

AU - McCauley, T.

AU - McEwen, M.

AU - McNeil, R. R.

AU - Medina, C.

AU - Medina, M. C.

AU - Medina-Tanco, G.

AU - Melo, D.

AU - Melocchi, M.

AU - Menichetti, E.

AU - Menshikov, A.

AU - Meyer, F.

AU - Meyhandan, R.

AU - Meza, J. C.

AU - Miele, G.

AU - Miller, W.

AU - Mohammed, M.

AU - Monnier-Ragaigne, D.

AU - Morello, C.

AU - Moreno, E.

AU - Mostafa, M.

AU - Mussa, R.

AU - Nassini, H.

AU - Navarra, G.

AU - Nellen, L.

AU - Nerling, F.

AU - Newman-Holmes, C.

AU - Nicotra, D.

AU - Nigro, S.

AU - Nitz, D.

AU - Nogima, H.

AU - Nosek, D.

AU - Nuñez, M.

AU - Ohnuki, T.

AU - Olinto, A.

AU - Ostaptchenko, S.

AU - Palatka, M.

AU - Parente, G.

AU - Parizot, E.

AU - Pasaye, E. H.

AU - Pastrone, N.

AU - Patel, M.

AU - Paul, T.

AU - Pedraza, I.

AU - Pekala, J.

AU - Pelayo, R.

AU - Pepe, I. M.

AU - Pérez-Lorenzana, A.

AU - Perrone, L.

AU - Peshman, N.

AU - Petrera, S.

AU - Petrinca, P.

AU - Pham-Ngoc, D.

AU - Pham-Trung, P.

AU - Pierog, T.

AU - Pisanti, O.

AU - Playez, N.

AU - Ponce, E.

AU - Porter, T. A.

AU - Prado Junior, L.

AU - Privitera, P.

AU - Prouza, M.

AU - Pryke, C. L.

AU - Rafert, J. B.

AU - Raia, G.

AU - Ranchon, S.

AU - Ratti, L.

AU - Ravignani, D.

AU - Re, V.

AU - Reis, H. C.

AU - Reucroft, S.

AU - Revenue, B.

AU - Richten, M.

AU - Ridky, J.

AU - Risi, A.

AU - Risse, M.

AU - Rizi, V.

AU - Roberts, M. D.

AU - Robledo, C.

AU - Rodriguez, G.

AU - Rodriquez, J.

AU - Rodriquez Martino, J.

AU - Román, S.

AU - Rosa, L.

AU - Roth, M.

AU - Rovero, A. C.

AU - Salazar, H.

AU - Salina, G.

AU - Sanchez, F.

AU - Santander, M.

AU - Dos Santos, L. G.

AU - Sato, R.

AU - Schovanek, P.

AU - Scherini, V.

AU - Sciutto, S. J.

AU - Sequeiros-Haddad, G.

AU - Shellard, R. C.

AU - Shibuya, E.

AU - Siguas, F. V.

AU - Slater, W.

AU - Smetniansky-De Grande, N.

AU - Smith, K.

AU - Snow, G. R.

AU - Sommers, P.

AU - Song, C.

AU - Spinka, H.

AU - Suarez, F.

AU - Suomijärvi, T.

AU - Supanitsky, D.

AU - Swain, J.

AU - Szadkowski, Z.

AU - Tamashiro, A.

AU - Thornton, G. J.

AU - Thouw, T.

AU - Ticona, R.

AU - Tkaczyk, W.

AU - Todero Peixoto, C. J.

AU - Tripathi, A.

AU - Tristram, G.

AU - Trombley, M.

AU - Tscherniakhovski, D.

AU - Tuckey, P.

AU - Tunnicliffe, V.

AU - Urban, M.

AU - Uribe Estrada, C.

AU - Valdés, J. F.

AU - Vargas, A.

AU - Vargas, C.

AU - Vazquez, R.

AU - Veberič, D.

AU - Veiga, A.

AU - Velarde, A.

AU - Vernotte, F.

AU - Verzi, V.

AU - Videla, M.

AU - Vigorito, C.

AU - Villaseñor, L. M.

AU - Vlcek, M.

AU - Voyvodic, L.

AU - Vo-Van, T.

AU - Waldenmaier, T.

AU - Walker, P.

AU - Warner, D.

AU - Watson, A. A.

AU - Wiebusch, Ch

AU - Wieczorek, G.

AU - Wilczynska, B.

AU - Wilczynski, H.

AU - Wild, N. R.

AU - Yamamoto, T.

AU - Zas, E.

AU - Zavrtanik, D.

AU - Zavrtanik, M.

AU - Zepeda, A.

AU - Zhang, C.

AU - Zhu, Q.

N1 - Funding Information: We are very grateful to the following agencies and organisations for financial support: Gobierno de Mendoza, Comisión Nacional de Energı́a Atómica y Municipalidad de Malargüe, Argentina; the Australian Research Council; Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico and Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; National Science Foundation of China, Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic (projects LA134 and LN00A006); Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et Physique des Particules (IN2P3/CNRS), Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers (INSU/CNRS) et Conseil Régional Ile de France, France; German Ministry for Education and Research and Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Mexico; the Polish State Committee for Scientific Research (grant numbers PBZ KBN 054/P03/2001, 2 PO3B 110 24 and 2 PO3D 011 24); Ministry of Education, Science and Sport of the Republic of Slovenia; MCyT (grant FPA 2001-3837) and Xunta de Galicia (grant PGIDIT02 PXIC 20611PN), Spain; Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, UK, the University of Chicago, the US Department of Energy the US National Science Foundation, USA, and UNESCO.

PY - 2004/5/1

Y1 - 2004/5/1

N2 - Construction of the first stage of the Pierre Auger Observatory has begun. The aim of the Observatory is to collect unprecedented information about cosmic rays above 1018 eV. The first phase of the project, the construction and operation of a prototype system, known as the engineering array, has now been completed. It has allowed all of the sub-systems that will be used in the full instrument to be tested under field conditions. In this paper, the properties and performance of these sub-systems are described and their success illustrated with descriptions of some of the events recorded thus far.

AB - Construction of the first stage of the Pierre Auger Observatory has begun. The aim of the Observatory is to collect unprecedented information about cosmic rays above 1018 eV. The first phase of the project, the construction and operation of a prototype system, known as the engineering array, has now been completed. It has allowed all of the sub-systems that will be used in the full instrument to be tested under field conditions. In this paper, the properties and performance of these sub-systems are described and their success illustrated with descriptions of some of the events recorded thus far.

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