SOUTHERN
PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY
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Malargüe (Mendoza, Argentyna) |
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The
central campus : |
before
construction started... |
...the
first building (detector assembly hall) during construction |
...the
completed assembly hall.
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Surface
detector station, ready for deployment. |
Beginning
of construction of fluorescence detector building on Los Leones. |
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The
fluorescence detector building on Los Leones. |
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A
beautiful photograph of the Los Leones Building (under construction) and
the communications antenna with the Southern night sky at the
background. The picture was taken by Andres Risi and Mario
Santarrosa during the recent sky background measurements at
Malargue.
The two bright stars (on the right) are Alfa and Beta Centauro. Below
them and on the right of the antenna is the Southern
Cross and on the left of the antenna and partially screening by it is
the Great Magallegan Cloud.
Exposure time: about 1 hour.
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New
shipment of tanks arrives from Brazil |
Tank
preparation in the Assembly Building
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Carman
detector. |
Carman
and Miranda with Los Leones in the distance.
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Surface detector with a
view.
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Electronics
being installed. |
Filling
Carman.
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Rigging Antennas on the Communications Tower |
The
Fluorescence Building and Concentrator Tower at Los Leones
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Los Leones
from the Tower
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Mirror
system of prototype fluorescence detector. |
Filter for fluorescence telescope.
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Support structure of
telescope
mirror.
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The fluorescence
detector building on Los Leones. Shutters are mounted on two of the
windows. |
The closed shutter of
the fluorescence telescope.
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The shutter in the
"open" position.
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The failsafe curtain at
the aperture of the telescope. The curtain is designed to block sunlight
when the external shutter is open. |
The aperture of the
telescope with the correction ring and the camera.
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The aperture of
the telescope. In the background is the 'storage box', holding
exchangeable parts of the aperture.
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The mirror and the camera
of the prototype
telescope. |
The new Office Building
at the Central Campus.
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Inside the
Office Building.
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Detector moulding machine. |
Surface detectors awaiting assembly and deployment. |
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External shutters of the fluorescence detector building at Los Morados. |
Fluorescence detectors at Los Leones will start data acquisition in a
moment. |
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Fluorescence detector building on Coihueco hill. |
Construction of the last fluorescence detector building at Loma Amarilla
has started. |
Communication Tower at Loma Amarilla has been
completed |
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Checking and repairing surface detector stations in the field. |
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Deploying surface detectors and filling them with water . |
Detectors in a line... |
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In difficult terrain North from Atuel river. |
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This bird nest under
solar panel is temporarily empty. |
Black Widow - a dangerous spider likes to dwell in electronic boxes. |
Lidar measures air transparency above the detector array. |
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Local inhabitants accept new elements of the landscape. |
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At night |
Safety curtains protect
the telescopes from the daylight. |
newly assembled
detectors wait for the morning shift of the deployment crew. |
only in the office
building the lights are on due to a data acquisition shift. |
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Detector array status on 1 April 2006. The completed part of the array
isshown in blue. |
Data acquisition centre
at the Southern Pierre Auger Observatory |