51. Test benches for the upgrade of the Pierre AugerObservatory electronicsMartina Boháčová, Andrej Filipčič, Gašper Kukec Mezek, Samo Stanič, Marta Trini, Serguei Vorobiov, Lili Yang, Danilo Zavrtanik, Marko Zavrtanik, Lukas Zehrer, 2019, published scientific conference contribution Keywords: Pierre Auger Observatory, surface detector station, electronics, test benches
Published in RUNG: 16.06.2020; Views: 2507; Downloads: 77
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52. Highlights from the Pierre Auger ObservatoryAntonella Castellina, Andrej Filipčič, Gašper Kukec Mezek, Samo Stanič, Marta Trini, Serguei Vorobiov, Lili Yang, Danilo Zavrtanik, Marko Zavrtanik, Lukas Zehrer, 2019, published scientific conference contribution Keywords: ultra-high energy cosmic rays, extensive air showers, Pierre Auger Observatory
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54. Mass composition of cosmic rays with energies from 10^17.2 eV to 10^20 eV using surface and fluorescence detectors of the Pierre Auger ObservatoryGašper Kukec Mezek, 2018, published scientific conference contribution Abstract: Ultra-high-energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) are highly energetic particles with EeV energies, exceeding the capabilities of man-made colliders. They hold information on extreme astrophysical processes that create them and the medium they traverse on their way towards Earth. However, their mass composition at such energies is still unclear, because data interpretation depends on our choice of high energy hadronic interaction models. With its hybrid detection method, the Pierre Auger Observatory has the possibility to detect extensive air showers with an array of surface water-Cherenkov stations (SD) and fluorescence telescopes (FD). We present recent mass composition results from the Pierre Auger Collaboration using observational parameters from SD and FD measurements. Using the full dataset of the Pierre Auger Observatory, implications on composition can be made for energies above 10^17.2 eV.
Keywords: astroparticle physics, ultra-high energy cosmic rays, extensive air showers, mass composition, Pierre Auger Observatory, fluorescence telescopes, water-Cherenkov stations
Published in RUNG: 24.05.2019; Views: 3347; Downloads: 110
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56. Multi-Messenger Physics With the Pierre Auger ObservatoryKarl-Heinz Kampert, Andrej Filipčič, Gašper Kukec Mezek, Samo Stanič, Marta Trini, Serguei Vorobiov, Lili Yang, Danilo Zavrtanik, Marko Zavrtanik, Lukas Zehrer, 2019, original scientific article Keywords: Pierre Auger Observatory, ultra-high energy cosmic rays, photons, neutrinos, protons, multi-messenger physics and astrophysics
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57. Mass composition of ultra-high energy cosmic rays at the Pierre Auger ObservatoryGašper Kukec Mezek, 2019, doctoral dissertation Abstract: Cosmic rays with energies above 10^18 eV, usually referred to as ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR), have been a mystery from the moment they have been discovered. Although we have now more information on their extragalactic origin, their direct sources still remain hidden due to deviations caused by galactic magnetic fields. Another mystery, apart from their production sites, is their nature. Their mass composition, still uncertain at these energies, would give us a better understanding on their production, acceleration, propagation and capacity to produce extensive air showers in the Earth's atmosphere. Mass composition studies of UHECR try to determine their nature from the difference in development of their extensive air showers.
In this work, observational parameters from the hybrid detection system of the Pierre Auger Observatory are used in a multivariate analysis to obtain the mass composition of UHECR. The multivariate analysis (MVA) approach combines a number of mass composition sensitive variables and tries to improve the separation between different UHECR particle masses. Simulated distributions of different primary particles are fitted to measured observable distributions in order to determine individual elemental fractions of the composition. When including observables from the surface detector, we find a discrepancy in the estimated mass composition between a mixed simulation sample and the Pierre Auger data. Our analysis results from the Pierre Auger data are to a great degree independent on hadronic interaction models. Although they differ at higher primary masses, the different models are more consistent, when combining fractions of oxygen and iron. Compared to previously published results, the systematic uncertainty from hadronic interaction models is roughly four times smaller. Our analysis reports a predominantly heavy composition of UHECR, with more than a 50% fraction of oxygen and iron at low energies. The composition is then becoming heavier with increasing energy, with a fraction of oxygen and iron above 80% at the highest energies.
Keywords: astroparticle physics, ultra-high energy cosmic rays, extensive air showers, mass composition, Pierre Auger Observatory, machine learning, multivariate analysis
Published in RUNG: 03.04.2019; Views: 4913; Downloads: 186
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58. Ultra-high energy neutrinos searches with the Pierre Auger ObservatoryMarta Trini, Danilo Zavrtanik, Danilo Zavrtanik, Serguei Vorobiov, Samo Stanič, Gašper Kukec-Mezek, Lukas Zehrer, 2019, published scientific conference contribution Abstract: In the EeV range, neutrinos are expected to be produced by ultra-high energy cosmic rays interactions with the Cosmic Microwave Background during propagation in the Universe. We report on the search for ultra-high energy neutrinos in data collected with the Surface Detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory. The searches are most efficient in the zenith angle range from 60 degrees to 95 degrees with tau neutrinos skimming in the Earth playing dominant role. The present non-detection of UHE neutrinos in the Pierre Auger Observatory excludes the most optimistic scenarios of neutrino production in terms of UHE cosmic rays chemical composition and cosmological evolution of the acceleration sites. We also report on the searches for neutrinos in coincidence with the recent Gravitational Wave events detected by LIGO/Virgo.
Keywords: EeV neutrinos, Pierre Auger Observatory, limits
Published in RUNG: 26.02.2019; Views: 3757; Downloads: 0
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59. Obrabna odpornost orodnega jekla za delo v vročemGašper Puš, 2018, master's thesis Abstract: Z vse bolj razširjeno uporabo visoko trdnih jekel pri izdelavi modernih komponent, predvsem v avtomobilski industriji, se povečuje tudi obremenitev preoblikovalnih orodij. Ta so izpostavljena kompleksnim obremenitvam kot so obraba, plastična deformacija in utrujanje, ki rezultirajo v nastanku poškodb in odpovedi orodja. Na splošno se kot osnovno lastnost karakterizacije orodja uporablja trdota, kar pa v zadnjem času ne zadošča. Potrebno je raziskovanje celotnega spektra mehanskih lastnosti, kakor tudi parametrov obrabne obstojnosti ter preoblikovalnosti. Preoblikovalna orodja so izpostavljena kombinaciji kompleksnih obremenitev. Da bi se ustrezno zoperstavili omenjenim obremenitvam in posledično z njimi nastalimi problemi, moramo poznati različne lastnosti materiala, vpliv legirnih elementov, proces toplotne obdelave in obnašanje materiala tekom le-te. Kljub temu, da je glavna mehanska lastnost trdota, pa na lastnosti preoblikovalnega orodja vplivajo še kombinacija tlačne in upogibne trdnosti ter lomne žilavosti, ki vplivajo na obrabno obstojnost, dobo trajanja orodja in njegovo vzdržljivost v industrijskem procesu.
Keywords: orodno jeklo, toplotna obdelava, trdota, lomna žilavost, tlačna trdnost, upogibna trdnost, obraba, obrabna obstojnost, koeficient trenja
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60. All-sky search for correlations in the arrival directions of astrophysical neutrino candidates and ultrahigh-energy cosmic raysI. Al Samarai, Andrej Filipčič, Gašper Kukec Mezek, Ahmed Saleh, Samo Stanič, Marta Trini, Darko Veberič, Serguei Vorobiov, Lili Yang, Danilo Zavrtanik, Marko Zavrtanik, 2017, published scientific conference contribution Keywords: correlations, astrophysical neutrino, ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays
Published in RUNG: 19.02.2018; Views: 3452; Downloads: 166
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