AUGER2FUTURE

Towards a New Giant Detector for Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays

 Coordinatore UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA 

 Organization address address: CUESTA DEL HOSPICIO SN
city: GRANADA
postcode: 18071

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Enrique
Cognome: Herrera Viedma
Email: send email
Telefono: 34958243007
Fax: 34958240886

 Nazionalità Coordinatore Spain [ES]
 Totale costo 166˙336 €
 EC contributo 166˙336 €
 Programma FP7-PEOPLE
Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
 Code Call FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF
 Funding Scheme MC-IEF
 Anno di inizio 2013
 Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) 2013-11-12   -   2015-11-11

 Partecipanti

# participant  country  role  EC contrib. [€] 
1    UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA

 Organization address address: CUESTA DEL HOSPICIO SN
city: GRANADA
postcode: 18071

contact info
Titolo: Prof.
Nome: Enrique
Cognome: Herrera Viedma
Email: send email
Telefono: 34958243007
Fax: 34958240886

ES (GRANADA) coordinator 166˙336.20

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technique    detectors    ground    mass    improvements    particles    composition    rays    signals    determination    cosmic    generation   

 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

Ultra-high energy cosmic rays are messengers of the most powerful events in the Universe. In the last years there has been a remarkable progress in this field. However the astrophysical sites and the mechanism to accelerate cosmic rays at macroscopic energies and the nature of these particles are still unknown. To advance in the knowledge of the origin of cosmic rays, larger statistics and a better determination of the mass composition are required.

The goal of this project is to investigate possible detector improvements for the observation of the signals left by the secondary particles produced in the interactions of cosmic rays with air nuclei in the atmosphere. In the short term the project explores ways to enhance the leading experiment Pierre Auger Observatory. In the long term those improvements can be used as the base for the development of the next generation ground-based detectors. The investigations are focused on water-Cherenkov detectors. The proposed improvements aim at obtaining a better resolution in the determination of the muon content reaching ground. This will provide a better mass composition sensitivity. The use of new photosensors, the silicon photomultipliers, in cosmic rays experiments is also addressed. A novel technique to measure cosmic ray signals from the molecular bremsstrahlung in the GHz frequency range could prove to be a viable solution for the next generation detectors. The project includes the participation in the determination of the feasibility and overall performance of this technique.

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