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Description
The construction of the first stage of the Pierre Auger Observatory, designed
for the research of ultra-high energy cosmic rays, began in 2001 with a
prototype system. It has been collecting data since early 2004 and was
completed in 2008. The Observatory is placed at 1400 m above sea level
near Malargüe, (Mendoza province) over a vast plain of 3000 km^2 covered by
detectors, known as the Pampa Amarilla in western Argentina. It is the first
experiment characterized by very high performance using the hybrid
technique where 1660 water Cherenkov stations, forming the Surface
Detector (SD), and 27 peripheral fluorescence telescopes, comprising the
Fluorescence Detector (FD), are operating. With time the Auger Observatory
has been enhanced with different R&D prototypes and recently subjected to
an important upgrade (AugerPrime).
In the present contribution, the general operations of the SD and FD will be
described. In particular the FD shift procedure - executable locally in
Malargüe or remotely by teams in control rooms abroad within the
Collaboration - and the newly (operating since 2019) SD shifts will be
explained. Additionally, the SD and FD maintenance campaigns, as well as
the data taking and data handling at a basic level, will be reported.
Keywords
Pierre Auger Observatory; Fluorescence Detector; Surface Detector; maintenance, shift, data taking, data handling.
| Subcategory | Experimental Methods & Instrumentation |
|---|---|
| Collaboration | Auger |
