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Project
Participation in the Pierre Auger Observatory

Code CERN/FP/123611/2011

Beneficiary Entity

LIP - Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas


Project summary

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Funding

Total eligible cost

€ 280,000.00


EU financial support

€ 0.00


Funding LIP

€ 0.00


National public financial support

€ 0.00

 

Dates

Approval


Start

2012-02-01


End

2014-04-30



Publications


FAMOUS - A Prototype Silicon Photomultiplier Telescope for the Fluorescence Detection of Ultra-High-Energy Cosmic RaysInternational Conference Proceedingssubmitted
FAMOUS: A prototype silicon-photomultiplier telescope for the fluorescence detection of ultra-high-energy cosmic raysInternational Conference Proceedingspublished
Interpretation of the depths of maximum of extensive air showers measured by the Pierre Auger ObservatoryArticle in international journal (with direct contribution from team)published
Muon Production and percolation effects in cosmic rays at the highest energiesArticle in international journal (with direct contribution from team)submitted
Particle physics measurements at the highest energies with the Pierre Auger ObservatoryInternational Conference Proceedingspublished
Sensitivity to primary composition and hadronic models from average shape of high energy cosmic ray shower profilesArticle in international journal (with direct contribution from team)submitted
The inter play between the electromagnetic and the muonic longitudinal profile at productionInternational Conference Proceedingspublished
The non-linearity between < ln A > and < X-max > induced by the acceptance of fluorescence telescopesArticle in international journal (with direct contribution from team)published
The nuclear mass composition of ultra high energy cosmic rays with the Pierre Auger observatoryInternational Conference Proceedingspublished
The Pierre Auger Observatory: results on the highest energy particlesInternational Conference Proceedingspublished

Presentations


"Esmiuçar as coisas" - Partículas e forças elementaresOutreach seminar
A fit to the MPD in the time domainOral presentation in collaboration meeting
A simulation of RPCs using Geant4 in the Auger OfflineOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Air Shower Longitudinal ProfilesOral presentation in collaboration meeting
An update of the measurement of the average longitudinal profiles: systematic studiesOral presentation in collaboration meeting
An update on the MPD time-domain fitOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Analysis of the average shape of FD profilesOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Array configuration optimizationOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Asymmetry and Nmu for photon discriminationOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Auger 2015Presentation in national conference
Auger 2015Seminar
Auger 2015 - My VisionSeminar
Auger 2015 Physics CaseOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Auger : Physics results and upgrade programmeSeminar
Auger Outreach at LIPOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Auger: uma janela para o Universo extremoPresentation in national conference
Autonomous RPC stations for air shower detector arraysOral presentation in international conference
Autonomous RPCs: a reviewOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Average and RMS of the number of muons at 60 degreesOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Average and RMS of the number of muons at 60 degreesOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Background rejection in photon searchesOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Combined Analyses RPC+TankOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Consistency between Xmax and Xmumax as a way to test hadronic modelsOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Consistency between Xmax and X^mu_max as a way to test hadronic modelsOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Cusca status report Oral presentation in collaboration meeting
Electromagnetic and muonic cosmic ray shower profilesPresentation in national conference
Exotica at LIPOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Extensive Air Shower muons: the key of the UHECR puzzleOral presentation in national or international meeting
Extensive Air Showers: smoking guns and the backboneOral presentation in international conference
First Results on the New RPC PrototypeOral presentation in collaboration meeting
General discussion on the muon papers Oral presentation in collaboration meeting
HEPP/APP Outreach in PortugalOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Hybrid Analyses with MARTAOral presentation in collaboration meeting
IDPASC- International Doctorate Network in Particle Physics, Astrophysics and CosmologyOral presentation in national or international meeting
Impact of systematics on the muon measurementsOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Light and Exotics at AugerPresentation in national conference
MARTA concept and performanceOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA databasesOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA Design ReportOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA Efficiency measurementsOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA Electronics ReadoutOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA front end using the MAROCOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA hardware & prototypes & readoutOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA Installation in the Gianni Navarra tank and in BATATAOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA near the coreOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA PhysicsOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA R&D - 2013/2014Oral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA ReadoutOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA resourcesOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA schedule and costsOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA SimulationOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA simulation and expected performanceOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA simulation and reconstructionOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA simulationsOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA status and future plans Oral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA Status of Development, Workplan and ScheduleOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MARTA tests at MalargüeOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Measurement of the Number of Muons at 60 degreeOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Measurement of the shape parameters of FD profilesOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Medição da secção eficaz de raios cósmicos de alta energiaPresentation in national conference
Monitoring and cross-calibration of MARTA and SD TankOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Monitoring and Readout for RPCsOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MPD General StatusOral presentation in collaboration meeting
MPD with MARTAOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Muon detection @ AugerSeminar
Muon measurements with AugerOral presentation in international conference
Muon Measurements with RPCsOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Muon production and string percolation effects in cosmic rays at the highest energiesOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Muon trajectory reconstruction with MARTA and the SD tanksOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Mystery in the Pampa: the Xmax/Nmu puzzle Oral presentation in national or international meeting
Number of muons fluctuations and systematics at 60 degOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Number of muons, fluctuations and systematics at 60 degreeOral presentation in collaboration meeting
N_mu and RMS N_muOral presentation in collaboration meeting
O Observatório Pierre AugerOral presentation in international conference
On the Auger 2015 physics caseOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Outreach in particle and astroparticle physics in PortugalOral presentation in international conference
Overview of MARTA – Muon Auger RPC for the Tank ArrayOral presentation in national or international meeting
Particle physics measurements at the highest energies with the Pierre Auger ObservatoryOral presentation in international conference
Progress on MARTA R&DOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Progress on MARTA simulation and performance studiesOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Progress on the time domain fit of the MPDOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Reconstruction method for theta=60 degreeOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Reconstruction of Xmu_max Oral presentation in collaboration meeting
Requests from MARTA for 2 more installationsOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Requirements for Muon DetectionOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Requirements for muon measurementsOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Requirements for RPC interfaceOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Requirements on the measurement of Nmu to validate the mass composition scenariosOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Results on the time domain fit of the MPDOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Review on Multivariate analysesOral presentation in collaboration meeting
RPC for Auger - Production and Schedule Oral presentation in collaboration meeting
RPC for Auger R&DOral presentation in collaboration meeting
RPC modules testing infrastructure. Validation, efficiency measurements and testingOral presentation in collaboration meeting
RPC prototypes and large scale productionOral presentation in collaboration meeting
RPC R&D @ LIP - Present statusOral presentation in collaboration meeting
RPC ReadoutOral presentation in collaboration meeting
S1000em and N1000mu from MARTA and TankOral presentation in collaboration meeting
SD Energy Calibration based on the electromagnetic SignalOral presentation in collaboration meeting
SD Energy Calibration based on the electromagnetic SignalOral presentation in collaboration meeting
SD Muon Signal Calibration with MARTAOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Sem and Smu fit with MARTA: finding two components in N stations and 3 sub-detectorsOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Sensitivity to primary composition and hadronic models from average shape of high energy cosmic ray shower profilesOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Shower Shape Analysis with Extended FoVOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Status of MARTAOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Status of MARTAOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Status of R&D MARTAOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Status of the R&D on RPCs/MuonsOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Study of Cherenkov Rich Events with the 3D simulationOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Study of RPCs for autonomous stations in cosmic ray researchPoster presentation in international conference
Systematics on the determination of the FD profile shapeOral presentation in collaboration meeting
The interplay between the electromagnetic and the muonic longitudinal profile at productionOral presentation in international conference
The nuclear mass composition of UHECR with the Pierre Auger ObservatoryOral presentation in international conference
The Pierre Auger Observatory - detection of high energetic atmospheric phenomena:elves and other resultsSeminar
The Pierre Auger Observatory: results on the highest energy particlesOral presentation in international conference
The quest for the Ultra High Energy frontier with Cosmic Rays - Particle physics beyond the 100 TeV scaleOral presentation in national or international meeting
Towards requirements for muon measurementsOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Towards the determination of the number of muons at 60 degreesOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Understanding Ultra High Energy Interactions thr ough the study of Longitudinal Shower ProfilesOral presentation in national or international meeting
Universal features (and variability) of extensive air showersOral presentation in national or international meeting
Update on double shell searchesOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Update on Double Shells and CUSCAOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Update on the MPD Time-domain fitOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Update on the MPD time-domain fitOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Update on the MPD time-domain fitOral presentation in collaboration meeting
Upgrade 2015: MARTA tests at Malargüe Oral presentation in collaboration meeting
USP in HEATOral presentation in collaboration meeting

Events


2nd MARTA Progress MeetingCollaboration Meeting2012-10-19 / 2012-10-20
3rd MARTA Progress MeetingCollaboration Meeting2013-06-01 / 2013-06-01
4th MARTA Progress MeetingCollaboration Meeting2013-10-29 / 2013-10-30
5th MARTA Progress MeetingCollaboration Meeting2014-09-23 / 2014-09-25
Auger Analysis Meeting 2013Collaboration Meeting2013-06-03 / 2013-06-07
First internal review meeting on RPC R&D for AugerCollaboration Meeting2012-06-14 / 2012-06-15
MPD MeetingCollaboration Meeting2013-01-17 / 2013-01-18

Theses


Cosmic Rays at the Ankle: Auger South Enhancements
Development of a data acquisition system based on the family of ASICs ROC
Measurement of the longitudinal profile of cosmic ray air-showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory
Measurements of the number of muons in inclined showers at the Pierre Auger Observatory
Particle Physics at 100 TeV with the Pierre Auger Observatory
Study of hadronic interactions with the hybrid detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory

Team


Alessandro de Angelis
Bernardo António Neto Gomes Baptista Tomé
Eva Maria Martins dos Santos
Francisco Gonçalves Dias Cardoso Diogo
João Pedro Canhoto Espadanal
Jorge Manuel Rodrigues Crispim Romão
Jorge Venceslau Comprido Dias de Deus
José Guilherme Teixeira de Almeida Milhano
José Micael Gomes de Oliveira
Liliana Marisa Cunha Apolinário
Lorenzo Cazon Boado
Luís Miguel Domingues Mendes
Maria Catarina Ferreira do Espírito Santo
Mário João Martins Pimenta
Miguel António Freitas Ferreira
Patrícia Carla Serrano Gonçalves
Pedro Alexandre Glória Cardoso
Pedro Jorge dos Santos de Assis
Pedro Miguel Félix Brogueira
Pedro Moraes Salgueiro Teixeira de Abreu
Raul Cambraia Lopes Sarmento Pereira
Ricardo Jorge Barreira Luz
Ruben Maurício da Silva Conceição
Sofia Andringa Dias