HEP@VUB meetings

Europe/Brussels
Jean Sacton seminar room (1G003) (Universe)

Jean Sacton seminar room (1G003)

Universe

Description
External/Internal speaker: Tim Huege ( Karlsruhe University and VUB (10%) )
Participants
  • Alberto Mariotti
  • Ben Craps
  • Christoph Raab
  • Dries Coone
  • Freya Blekman
  • Gwen de Wasseige
  • Ioana Codrina Maris
  • Jorgen D'Hondt
  • Juan Antonio Aguilar Sánchez
  • Katie Mulrey
  • Krijn de Vries
  • Kévin Nguyen
  • Laura
  • Leonidas Kalousis
  • Marine De Clerck
  • Matthias Vereecken
  • Michael
  • Nick van Eijndhoven
  • Pablo Correa
  • Paul Coppin
  • Petra Van Mulders
  • Robert Roosen
  • Shimaa Abu Zeid
  • Tim De Jonckheere
  • Vincent Luyten
    • 1
      Recent Results of the Pierre Auger Observatory
      The Pierre Auger Observatory in the Argentinean Pampa Amarilla is the world’s largest detector for the observation of ultra-high energy cosmic rays – atomic nuclei with energies of up to 10^20 eV. In its effort to identify and understand the sources of these highest-energy particles ever observed by mankind, the observatory has made high-quality measurements of the energy spectrum, the mass composition and the arrival directions of cosmic rays. Also the physics of extensive air showers and the flux of high-energy photons and neutrinos have been studied for more than a decade. I will report on recent results of the Pierre Auger Observatory and their significance for the field, and present the ongoing upgrade of the Auger Observatory to the AugerPrime detectors. Finally, I will also give a short overview of the collaboration’s efforts to develop new detection technologies, in particular the technique of radio detection of cosmic rays.
      Speaker: Tim Huege