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We describe the method devised to reconstruct inclined cosmic-ray air showers with zenith angles greater than 60° detected with the surface array of the Pierre Auger Observatory. The measured signals at the ground level are fitted to muon density distributions predicted with atmospheric cascade models to obtain the relative shower size as an overall normalization parameter. The method is evaluated using simulated showers to test its performance. The energy of the cosmic rays is calibrated using a sub-sample of events reconstructed with both the fluorescence and surface array techniques. The reconstruction method described here provides the basis of complementary analyses including an independent measurement of the energy spectrum of ultra-high energy cosmic rays using very inclined events collected by the Pierre Auger Observatory. © 2014 IOP Publishing Ltd and Sissa Medialab srl.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Reconstruction of inclined air showers detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory
Autor:Multitudinario:487
Filiación:Centro Atómico Bariloche, Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina
Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF, CONICET, Argentina
Departamento de Física, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires y CONICET, Argentina
IFLP, Universidad Nacional de la Plata, CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
Instituto de Astronomía y Física Del Espacio (CONICET-UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR), CONICET/U.N.R, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Rosario, Argentina
Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartí culas, National Technological University, Faculty Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), Mendoza, Argentina
Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartí culas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Observatorio Pierre Auger, Malargüe, Argentina
Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Malargüe, Argentina
Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Faculdade Independente Do Nordeste, Vitória da Conquista, Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Lorena, SP, Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Carlos, SP, Brazil
Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Física, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, IFGW, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Brazil
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, RS, Brazil
Universidade Federal Do ABC, Santo André, SP, Brazil
Universidade Federal Do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Física, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Universidade Federal Fluminense, EEIMVR, Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil
Rudjer Bošković Institute, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Prague, Czech Republic
Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Palacky University, RCPTM, Olomouc, Czech Republic
Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, Orsay, France
Laboratoire de l'Accélérateur Linéaire (LAL), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, France
Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, Paris, France
Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, France
Station de Radioastronomie de Nanćay, Observatoire de Paris, CNRS/INSU, France
SUBATECH, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, Université de Nantes, France
Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus North - Institut für Kernphysik, Karlsruhe, Germany
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus North - Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus South - Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Karlsruhe, Germany
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
RWTH Aachen University, III, Physikalisches Institut A, Aachen, Germany
Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Universität Siegen, Siegen, Germany
Dipartimento di Fisica, Universitá and INFN, Genova, Italy
Universitá di Milano, Sezione INFN, Milan, Italy
Universitá di Napoli Federico II, Sezione INFN, Napoli, Italy
Universitá di Roma II Tor Vergata, Sezione INFN, Rome, Italy
Universitá di Catania, Sezione INFN, Catania, Italy
Universitá di Torino, Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica E. de Giorgi, Universitá Del Salento, Sezione INFN, Lecce, Italy
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, Universitá dell'Aquila, INFN, Italy
Gran Sasso Science Institute (INFN), L'Aquila, Italy
Istituto di Astrošica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo (INAF), Palermo, Italy
INFN, Laboratori Nazionali Del Gran Sasso, Assergi (l'Aquila), Italy
Osservatorio Astrošico di Torino (INAF), Universitá di Torino, Sezione INFN, Torino, Italy
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados Del IPN (CINVESTAV), México, Mexico
Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico
Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
KVI - Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Nikhef, Science Park, Amsterdam, Netherlands
ASTRON, Dwingeloo, Netherlands
Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Krakow, Poland
University of Łodź, Łodź, Poland
Laboratorio de Instrumentacatild;o e Fisica Experimental de Particulas - LIP, Instituto Superior Técnico IST, Universidade de Lisboa UL, Portugal
Horia Hulubei National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest- Magurele, Romania
Institute of Space Sciences, Bucharest, Romania
University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Romania
University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
Institut de Física Corpuscular, CSIC, Universitat de Valéncia, Valencia, Spain
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Universidad de Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Universidad de Granada, C.A.F.P.E, Granada, Spain
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lehman College, City University of New York, New York, United States
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States
Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Colorado State University, Pueblo, CO, United States
Fermilab, Batavia, IL, United States
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States
New York University, New York, NY, United States
Northeastern University, Boston, MA, United States
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
University of Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, Chicago, IL, United States
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, United States
Institute for Nuclear Science and Technology (INST), Hanoi, Viet Nam
Konan University, Japan
Universidad Autonoma de Chiapas, Mexico
NYU Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Palabras clave:cosmic ray experiments; ultra high energy cosmic rays
Año:2014
Volumen:2014
Número:8
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/08/019
Título revista:Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Título revista abreviado:J. Cosmol. Astroparticle Phys.
ISSN:14757516
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_14757516_v2014_n8_p_Multitudinario

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(2014) . Reconstruction of inclined air showers detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2014(8).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/08/019
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Multitudinario:487. "Reconstruction of inclined air showers detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory" . Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics 2014, no. 8 (2014).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/08/019
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Multitudinario:487. "Reconstruction of inclined air showers detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory" . Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, vol. 2014, no. 8, 2014.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/08/019
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Multitudinario:487. Reconstruction of inclined air showers detected with the Pierre Auger Observatory. J. Cosmol. Astroparticle Phys. 2014;2014(8).
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/08/019