4th CRISM conference

Cosmic Rays and the InterStellar Medium

25 - 29 June 2018
Grenoble (France)

The low energy extension of the Pierre Auger Observatory measurements
Vladimir Novotny  1@  
1 : Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University  (IPNP)  -  Website
V Holešovičkách 2, 180 00, Prague 8 -  Czech Republic

In this talk, the most recent results of the Pierre Auger Observatory are summarized. Special attention is given to the energy spectrum and mass composition measurements of cosmic rays with energies down to 10^{17.5} eV. This energy threshold is an important target because of the need to cover the energy range where the transition from galactic to extragalactic origin of cosmic rays is assumed to occure. Recently, low energy extentions of the surface and fluorescence detectors were installed and the data has now been analyzed. We present results of measurements down to 10^{17.5} eV and discuss possible improvements in the analysis to explore even lower energies in the near future.


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