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Absolute Energy Calibration of the Auger Engineering Radio Array

Meidow, Asil; Pierre Auger Collaboration

Abstract (englisch):

The Pierre Auger Observatory detects ultra-high-energy cosmic rays over a surface area of more than 3000 km2, requiring a precise and stable energy-scale calibration. Traditionally, this calibration relied solely on fluorescence detectors (FD). In recent years, radio detection has become an increasingly valuable technique, offering complementary insights through an independent reconstruction. Previous comparisons revealed that the energy scales determined with the FD and the Auger Engineering Array (AERA) are consistent within systematic uncertainties, with energies reconstructed with AERA being 12% higher. We present how the AERA standard event reconstruction has been adapted to provide electromagnetic and cosmic-ray energies consistent with the energy scale determined with AERA. We also outline how this approach will be extended to inclined air showers in future work.


Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Astroteilchenphysik (IAP)
Publikationstyp Vortrag
Publikationsdatum 17.03.2026
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator KITopen-ID: 1000190817
HGF-Programm 51.13.04 (POF IV, LK 01) Kosmische Strahlung Technologien
Veranstaltung 89. Annual Conference of the DPG and DPG Spring Meeting of the Matter an Cosmos Section (SMuK 2026), Erlangen, Deutschland, 15.03.2026 – 20.03.2026
Schlagwörter Pierre Auger; Radio; Energy Calibration; Auger Engineering Radio Array
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