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Pierre Auger Observatory Open Data
No full text<p>The Pierre Auger Collaboration is releasing 10% of the data recorded since 2004 using the world's largest cosmic ray detector, the Pierre Auger Observatory, located in Argentina, in the Province of Mendoza. The release also includes 100% of weather and space-weather data collected until 31 December 2020. These data are being made available publicly with the expectation that they will be used by a wide and diverse community including professional and citizen-scientists and for educational and outreach initiatives.</p>
<p>Operation of the Pierre Auger Observatory, by a Collaboration of about 400 scientists from over 90 institutions in 18 countries across the world, has enabled the properties of the highest-energy cosmic rays to be determined with unprecedented precision. These cosmic rays are predominantly the nuclei of the common elements and reach the Earth from astrophysical sources. The data from the Observatory have been used to show that the highest-energy particles have an extra-galactic origin.</p>
<p>Cosmic rays are observed indirectly, through extensive air-showers of secondary particles produced by the interaction of the incoming cosmic ray with the atmosphere. The Surface Detector of the Observatory covers 3000 km<sup>2</sup> and comprises an array of ~1600 particle detectors, separated by 1500 m. The low energy extension features an array of 71 stations spread apart by 750 m and covering about 27 km<sup>2</sup>. The area is overlooked by a set of telescopes that compose the Fluorescence Detector which is sensitive to the auroral-like light emitted as the air-shower develops, while the Surface Detector is sensitive to muons, electrons and photons that reach the ground.</p>
<p>The Open Data released here include those from these instruments. They have been subjected to the same selection and reconstruction procedures used by the Collaboration in recent publications. They amount to more than 80000 showers measured with the surface-detector arrays and more than 3000 showers recorded simultaneously by the surface and fluorescence detectors. Data are available as pseudo-raw (JSON) format and as a summary CSV file containing the reconstructed shower parameters. Simplified codes derived from the ones used for published analyses are also provided, by means of Python notebooks that have been prepared to guide the reader to an understanding of the physics results. An outreach section dedicated to the general public, and in particular to school students, is also available and includes simple tools to enjoy our data. To get more details about the Observatory and the Open Data, you can visit <a href="https://opendata.auger.org/">the dedicated website</a>.</p>
<p><strong>About the Auger Open Data</strong></p>
<p>Downloadable datasets</p>
<ul>
<li> Cosmic-ray data:
<ul>
<li>Pseudo-raw data: for each event, a list of SD stations, with their relevant PMT traces, is available. If an event is detected simultaneously with the SD and FD it is called a hybrid event and a list of FD telescopes with a camera view is also provided. The main parameters from the SD and FD reconstruction are also given. The 'ready-to-use' Event Display is a good way to become familiar with the Open Data.</li>
<li>Reconstructed data: for each event, only 'high-level' information is provided. Different parameters are extracted from the pseudo-raw dataset to be used in physics analysis. Examples on how to use them can be found in the Analysis page.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Atmospheric data:
<ul>
<li>Pseudo-raw data: the values of different atmospheric state-variables, recorded using each of the five weather stations, are available.</li>
<li>Processed data: the values of the different atmospheric state- variables, obtained by merging the information from the different weather stations, are provided.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Scaler data: the counting rate of the surface detectors over 15 minutes, averaged over the active detectors, is provided.</li>
<li>Auxiliary data: these are additional data necessary for a full physics analysis but that are not extracted directly from the raw data. They include the position of the SD stations, the position of the FD pixels, the SD exposure, the FD acceptance.</li>
</ul>
<p>Pseudo-raw and reconstructed data are provided in JSON format. Reconstructed data are also available in CSV format, representing a “summary” of the JSON files and containing the information that is needed for analysis. Similarly, auxiliary data are in CSV format. Format description is available on <a href="https://opendata.auger.org/">the dedicated website</a>.</p>
<p>Tools</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://opendata.auger.org/display.php">Ready-to-use event display</a></li>
<li><a href="https://opendata.auger.org/analysis.php">Simple software</a>, reading the JSON and CSV files and producing examples of basic histograms of different data parameters</li>
<li><a href="https://opendata.auger.org/analysis.php">Analysis examples</a>, reading the reconstructed data and producing derived data and graphs</li>
</ul>
<p>Other Auger Open Data</p>
<ul>
<li>All <a href="https://auger.org/index.php/science/journal-articles">Auger publications</a> are available as Open Access. Some of them also include Open Data in the form of additional tables, plots, graphs.</li>
</ul>
<p>Disclaimer</p>
<ul>
<li>The Open Data are released under the (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>) International License.</li>
<li>All datasets have a unique DOI that you are requested to cite in any applications or publications.</li>
<li>The Auger Collaboration does not endorse any work, scientific or otherwise, produced using these data, even if available on, or linked from, this portal.</li>
<li>The spreadsheet-based datasets allow the user to undertake basic analyses. More complex analyses however require some knowledge of the underlying physics and of the instruments.</li>
<li>The analysis methods, including the reconstruction of the data, have evolved over time, and will continue to evolve. The reconstructed Open Data are processed with the most up-to-date software. Updates are thus foreseen, for either the reconstructed data or the software needed to analyse them. These will be detailed in later releases.</li>
<li>If you are interested in joining or working with the Auger Collaboration, please contact [email protected].</li>
</ul>
<p>Policy </p>
<p>The policy of the Auger Collaboration on Data Release and Open Access can be found <a href="https://opendata.auger.org/AugerOpenDataPolicy.pdf">here</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Contact</strong></p>
<p>For any question/doubt about these data, feel free to check the <a href="https://opendata.auger.org/about.php">contact page</a> of our website or directly write to [email protected].</p>
<p> </p>
Pierre Auger Observatory 2021 Open Data
No full textThe Pierre Auger Collaboration is releasing 10% of the data recorded since 2004 using the world's largest cosmic ray detector, the Pierre Auger Observatory, located in Argentina, in the Province of Mendoza. The release also includes 100% of weather and space-weather data collected until 31 December 2020. These data are being made available publicly with the expectation that they will be used by a wide and diverse community including professional and citizen-scientists and for educational and outreach initiatives.
Operation of the Pierre Auger Observatory, by a Collaboration of about 400 scientists from over 90 institutions in 18 countries across the world, has enabled the properties of the highest-energy cosmic rays to be determined with unprecedented precision. These cosmic rays are predominantly the nuclei of the common elements and reach the Earth from astrophysical sources. The data from the Observatory have been used to show that the highest-energy particles have an extra-galactic origin.
Cosmic rays are observed indirectly, through extensive air-showers of secondary particles produced by the interaction of the incoming cosmic ray with the atmosphere. The Surface Detector of the Observatory covers 3000 km2 and comprises an array of particle detectors, separated by 1500 m. The area is overlooked by a set of telescopes that compose the Fluorescence Detector which is sensitive to the auroral-like light emitted as the air-shower develops, while the Surface Detector is sensitive to muons, electrons and photons that reach the ground.
The Open Data released here include those from these two instruments. They have been subjected to the same selection and reconstruction procedures used by the Collaboration in recent publications. They amount to more than 20000 showers measured with the surface-detector array and more than 3000 showers recorded simultaneously by the surface and fluorescence detectors. Data are available as pseudo-raw (JSON) format and as a summary CSV file containing the reconstructed shower parameters. Simplified codes derived from the ones used for published analyses are also provided, by means of Python notebooks that have been prepared to guide the reader to an understanding of the physics results. An outreach section dedicated to the general public, and in particular to school students, is also available and includes simple tools to enjoy our data. To get more details about the Observatory and the Open Data, you can visit the dedicated website.
About the Auger Open Data
Downloadable datasets
Cosmic-ray data:
Pseudo-raw data: for each event, a list of SD stations, with their relevant PMT traces, is available. If an event is detected simultaneously with the SD and FD it is called a hybrid event and a list of FD telescopes with a camera view is also provided. The main parameters from the SD and FD reconstruction are also given. The 'ready-to-use' Event Display is a good way to become familiar with the Open Data.
Reconstructed data: for each event, only 'high-level' information is provided. Different parameters are extracted from the pseudo-raw dataset to be used in physics analysis. Examples on how to use them can be found in the Analysis page.
Atmospheric data:
Pseudo-raw data: the values of different atmospheric state-variables, recorded using each of the five weather stations, are available.
Processed data: the values of the different atmospheric state- variables, obtained by merging the information from the different weather stations, are provided.
Scaler data: the counting rate of the surface detectors over 15 minutes, averaged over the active detectors, is provided.
Auxiliary data: these are additional data necessary for a full physics analysis but that are not extracted directly from the raw data. They include the position of the SD stations, the position of the FD pixels, the SD exposure, the FD acceptance.
Pseudo-raw and reconstructed data are provided in JSON format. Reconstructed data are also available in CSV format, representing a “summary” of the JSON files and containing the information that is needed for analysis. Similarly, auxiliary data are in CSV format. Format description is available on the dedicated website.
Tools
Ready-to-use event display
Simple software, reading the JSON and CSV files and producing examples of basic histograms of different data parameters
Analysis examples, reading the reconstructed data and producing derived data and graphs
Other Auger Open Data
All Auger publications are available as Open Access. Some of them also include Open Data in the form of additional tables, plots, graphs.
Disclaimer
The Open Data are released under the (CC BY-SA 4.0) International License.
All datasets have a unique DOI that you are requested to cite in any applications or publications.
The Auger Collaboration does not endorse any work, scientific or otherwise, produced using these data, even if available on, or linked from, this portal.
The spreadsheet-based datasets allow the user to undertake basic analyses. More complex analyses however require some knowledge of the underlying physics and of the instruments.
The analysis methods, including the reconstruction of the data, have evolved over time, and will continue to evolve. The reconstructed Open Data are processed with the most up-to-date software. Updates are thus foreseen, for either the reconstructed data or the software needed to analyse them. These will be detailed in later releases.
If you are interested in joining or working with the Auger Collaboration, please contact [email protected].
Policy
The policy of the Auger Collaboration on Data Release and Open Access can be found here.
Contact
For any question/doubt about these data, feel free to check the contact page of our website or directly write to [email protected]
RESULTS FROM THE PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY
No full textThe Pierre Auger Observatory has been designed to investigate the origin and the nature of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays using a hybrid detection technique. It is located on a plateau in the Province of Mendoza, Argentina, and consists of a surface array of about 3000 km2 overlooked by 24 air fluorescence telescopes grouped in 4 sites which together provide a powerful instrument for air shower reconstruction. The southern of the Auger Observatory has been completed in June 2008 and it is taking data smoothly since 2004. A review of selected results is presented with the emphasis given to the measurement of energy spectrum,
chemical composition and search for photon and neutrinos as primary particles
RESULTS FROM THE PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY
No full textThe Pierre Auger Observatory has been designed to investigate the origin and the nature of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays using a hybrid detection technique. It is located on a plateau in the Province of Mendoza, Argentina, and consists of a surface array of about 3000 km2 overlooked by 24 air fluorescence telescopes grouped in 4 sites which together provide a powerful instrument for air shower reconstruction. The Southern site of the Auger Observatory has been completed in June 2008 and is taking data smoothly since 2004. A review of selected results is presented with the emphasis given to the measurement of energy spectrum, chemical composition and search for photons and neutrinos as primary particles
The Pierre Auger Observatory IV: Operation and Monitoring - Collection of papers in http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1107/1107.4806.pdf
No full textContributions of the Auger Collaboration to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, August, 2011: Technical reports on operations and monitoring of the Pierre Auger Observator
Anisotropy studies around the galactic centre at EeV energies with the Auger Observatory
No full textData from the Pierre Auger Observatory are analyzed to search for anisotropies near the direction of the Galactic Centre at EeV energies. The exposure of the surface array in this part of the sky is already significantly larger than that of the fore-runner experiments. Our results do not support previous findings of localized excesses in the AGASA and SUGAR data. We set an upper bound on a point-like flux of cosmic rays arriving from the Galactic Centre which excludes several scenarios predicting sources of EeV neutrons from Sagittarius A. Also the events detected simultaneously by the surface and fluorescence detectors (the ‘hybrid’ data set), which have better pointing accuracy but are less numerous than those of the surface array alone, do not show any significant localized excess from this direction.http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/523319/description#descriptio
The Pierre Auger Observatory III: Other Astrophysical Observations - Collection of papers in http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1107/1107.4805.pdf
No full textContributions of the Auger Collaboration to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, August, 2011: Astrophysical observations of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with the Pierre Auger Observator
The Pierre Auger Observatory III: Other Astrophysical Observations - Collection of papers in http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1107/1107.4805.pdf
No full textContributions of the Auger Collaboration to the 32nd International Cosmic Ray Conference, Beijing, August, 2011: Astrophysical observations of ultra-high-energy cosmic rays with the Pierre Auger Observator
Search for primary photons and neutrinos in the ultra-high energy cosmic rays with the Pierre Auger Observatory
No full textAlong with primary protons and nuclei most of the scenarios of the origin of cosmic rays predict fluxes of photons and neutrinos at the highest energies. Thanks to the huge collection area and the hybrid design, combining ground array and fluorescence detection techniques, the Pierre Auger Observatory is a unique tool to search for primary photons and neutrinos in ultra-high energy cosmic rays. Implications of these searches extend from astrophysics to fundamental and particle physics. Current results and future perspectives are reported
Results from the Pierre Auger Observatory
No full textThe Pierre Auger Observatory has been designed to investigate the origin and the nature of Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays using a hybrid detection technique. It is located on a plateau in the Province of Mendoza, Argentina,
and consists of a surface array of about 3000 km^2 overlooked by 24
air fluorescence telescopes grouped in 4 sites, which together provide a
powerful instrument for air shower reconstruction.
The combination of information from the surface array, measuring the
lateral distributions of secondary particles at the ground, and the
fluorescence telescopes, observing the longitudinal profile, enhances
the reconstruction capability with respect to the individual detector components.
The Observatory was completed in 2008 and it is taking data smoothly since 2004. Moreover, detector enhancements are being constructed to extend the sensitivity of the Observatory towards the lower energies.
A review of selected results is presented with the emphasis given to the measurement of energy spectrum, arrival directions, chemical composition and search for photons and neutrinos as primary particles
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