Speaker
Lucas Nellen
(National Autonomous University of Mexico - UNAM)
Description
The Pierre Auger Observatory, covering an area of 3000 km$^2$ is currently the larges observatory to study the highest energy cosmic rays, with energies above $10^{18}$ eV. The main part observatory consists of a surface detector with about 1600 stations, spaced 1.5 km apart, and 4 fluorescence detector sites with a total of 17 telescopes, overlooking the surface detector. We will start our tour of the Observatory and the underlying detection techniques. A significant part of the tour will be spend on the highlights of the recent results from the Pierre Auger Observatory. We will conclude our tour presenting the upgrade of the Observatory which is currently being installed, and how it will extend the
science reach of the Observatory.
Author
Lucas Nellen
(National Autonomous University of Mexico - UNAM)
