The Pierre Auger Observatory has an unprecedented sensitivity to photons at energies above 10^18 eV. Particularly the combination of ground array and fluorescence detection techniques offers a unique power to discriminate the primary particles based on different observables. Implications of photon searches extend from astrophysics to fundamental and particle physics. Current results and future prospects are reported.
Search for ultra-high energy photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory / V. Scherini. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - 630:1(2011), pp. 226-229. [10.1016/j.nima.2010.06.071]
Search for ultra-high energy photons with the Pierre Auger Observatory
V. ScheriniPrimo
2011
Abstract
The Pierre Auger Observatory has an unprecedented sensitivity to photons at energies above 10^18 eV. Particularly the combination of ground array and fluorescence detection techniques offers a unique power to discriminate the primary particles based on different observables. Implications of photon searches extend from astrophysics to fundamental and particle physics. Current results and future prospects are reported.
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