The Pierre Auger Observatory (PAO) (see http://www.auger.org) is an international scientific experiment with the aim of studying cosmic rays at the ultra-high energies (UHECRs) produced in the Universe. The Observatory is located on a large upland of 3000 km^2 in Argentina where an hybrid system of detectors (a combination of 1600 water-Cherenkov detectors and 24 fluorescence telescopes) is devoted for determining the properties (energy, mass composition and arrival direction) of UHECRs and identifying their astrophysical sources. Since 2016 the Auger Collaboration has begun a major upgrade (AugerPrime) of its already impressive capabilities currently under final installation. The understanding and analysis of new high-quality data is the main goal of this proposal of PH.D. thesis.
Study of the mass composition and the flux suppression of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays with the new AugerPrime data of the Pierre Auger Observatory
Abstract
Keywords
Bayesian
fluorescence
Hydrogen
machine learning
simulation and optimization
ERC sector(s)
PE Physical Sciences and Engineering
Fields of study
Name supervisor
Rossella Caruso
E-mail
rossella.caruso@dfa.unict.it
Name of Department/Faculty/School
Department of Physics and Astronomy "Ettore Majorana"
Name of the host University
University of Catania (UNICT)
EUNICE partner e-mail of destination Research
eunice@unict.it
Country
Italy
Thesis level
PhD
Minimal language knowledge requisite
English B1
Thesis mode
Hybrid
Length of the research internship
12 months
Financial support available (other than E+)
Maybe