TY  - JOUR
AU  - Pierre Auger Collaboration (Aab, A. et al
AU  - Pastor, S.
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2014//
TI  - Reconstruction of inclined air showers detected with the pierre Auger Observatory
T2  - J. Cosmol. Astropart. Phys.
JO  - Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
SP  - 019
EP  - 32pp
VL  - 08
IS  - 8
PB  - Iop Publishing Ltd
KW  - ultra high energy cosmic rays
KW  - cosmic ray experiments
AB  - We describe the method devised to reconstruct inclined cosmic-ray air showers with zenith angles greater than 60 degrees 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.
SN  - 1475-7516
UR  - http://arxiv.org/abs/arXiv:1407.3214
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/08/019
DO  - 10.1088/1475-7516/2014/08/019
LA  - English
N1  - WOS:000341848800019
ID  - PierreAugerCollaborationAab+Pastor2014
ER  -