The rapid atmospheric monitoring system of the Pierre Auger Observatory

<p style="text-align:justify;"> The Pierre Auger Observatory is a facility built to detect air showers produced by cosmic rays above 10<sup>17</sup> eV. During clear nights with a low illuminated moon fraction, the UV fluorescence light produced by air showers is recorde...

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Main Authors: Abreu, P, Aglietta, M, Ahlers, M, Ahn, EJ, Albuquerque, IFM, Allard, D, Allekotte, I, Allen, J, Allison, P, Almela, A, Castillo, J, Alvarez-Muniz, J, Batista, R, Ambrosio, M, Aminaei, A, Anchordoqui, L, Andringa, S, Antici'C, T, Aramo, C, Arganda, E, Arqueros, F, Asorey, H, Assis, P, Aublin, J, Ave, M, Avenier, M, Avila, G, Badescu, AM, Balzer, M, Barber, KB, Barbosa, AF, Bardenet, R, Barroso, SLC, Baughman, B, Baeuml, J, Baus, C, Beatty, JJ, Becker, KH, Belletoile, A, Bellido, JA, Benzvi, S, Berat, C, Bertou, X, Biermann, PL, Billoir, P, Blanco, F, Blanco, M, Bleve, C, Bluemer, H, Bohacova, M, Boncioli, D, Bonifazi, C, Bonino, R, Borodai, N, Brack, J, Brancus, I, Brogueira, P, Brown, WC, Bruijn, R, Buchholz, P, Bueno, A, Buroker, L, Burton, RE, Caballero-Mora, KS, Caccianiga, B, Caramete, L, Caruso, R, Castellina, A, Catalano, O, Cataldi, G, Cazon, L, Cester, R, Chauvin, J, Cheng, SH, Chiavassa, A, Chinellato, JA, Diaz, JC, Chudoba, J, Cilmo, M, Clay, RW, Cocciolo, G, Collica, L, Coluccia, MR, Conceicao, R, Contreras, F, Cook, H, Cooper, MJ, Coppens, J, Cordier, A, Coutu, S, Covault, CE, Creusot, A, Criss, A, Cronin, J, Curutiu, A, Dagoret-Campagne, S, Dallier, R, Daniel, B, Dasso, S, Daumiller, K, Dawson, BR, De Almeida, RM, De Domenico, M, De Donato, C, De Jong, SJ, De La Vega, G, De Mello, WJM, De Mello Neto, JRT, De Mitri, I, De Souza, V, De Vries, KD, Del Peral, L, Del Rio, M, Deligny, O, Dembinski, H, Dhital, N, Di Giulio, C, Castro, ML, Diep, PN, Diogo, F, Dobrigkeit, C, Docters, W, D'Olivo, JC, Dong, PN, Dorofeev, A, Dos Anjos, JC, Dova, MT, D'Urso, D, Dutan, I, Ebr, J, Engel, R, Erdmann, M, Escobar, CO, Espadanal, J, Etchegoyen, A, Luis, PFS, Falcke, H, Fang, K, Farrar, G, Fauth, AC, Fazzini, N, Ferguson, AP, Fick, B, Figueira, JM, Filevich, A, Filipcic, A, Fliescher, S, Fracchiolla, CE, Fraenkel, ED, Fratu, O, Froehlich, U, Fuchs, B, Gaior, R, Gamarra, RF, Gambetta, S, Garcia, B, ST Garcia Roca, Garcia-Gamez, D, Garcia-Pinto, D, Garilli, G, Bravo, A, Gemmeke, H, Ghia, PL, Giller, M, Gitto, J, Glass, H, Gold, MS, Golup, G, Albarracin, F, Berisso, M, Vitale, PF, Goncalves, P, Gonzalez, G, Gookin, B, Gorgi, A, Gouffon, P, Grashorn, E, Grebe, S, Griffith, N, Grillo, AF, Guardincerri, Y, Guarino, F, Guedes, GP, Hansen, P, Harari, D, Harrison, TA, Harton, JL, Haungs, A, Hebbeker, T, Heck, D, Herve, AE, Hojvat, C, Hollon, N, Holmes, VC, Homola, P, Horandel, JR, Horvath, P, Hrabovsky, M, Huber, D, Huege, T, Insolia, A, Ionita, F, Italiano, A, Jansen, S, Jarne, C, Jiraskova, S, Josebachuili, M, Kadija, K, Kampert, KH, Karhan, P, Kasper, P, Katkov, I, Kegl, B, Keilhauer, B, Keivani, A, Kelley, JL, Kemp, E, Kieckhafer, RM, Klages, HO, Kleifges, M, Kleinfeller, J, Knapp, J, Koang, D-H, Kotera, K, Krohm, N, Kroemer, O, Kruppke-Hansen, D, Kuempel, D, Kulbartz, JK, Kunka, N, La Rosa, G, Lachaud, C, Lahurd, D, Latronico, L, Lauer, R, Lautridou, P, Le Coz, S, Leao, MSAB, Lebrun, D, Lebrun, P, De Oliveira, MA, Letessier-Selvon, A, Lhenry-Yvon, I, Link, K, Lopez, R, Agueera, A, Louedec, K, Bahilo, J, Lu, L, Lucero, A, Ludwig, M, Lyberis, H, Maccarone, MC, Macolino, C, Maldera, S, Maller, J, Mandat, D, Mantsch, P, Mariazzi, AG, Marin, J, Marin, V, Maris, IC, Falcon, HR, Marsella, G, Martello, D, Martin, L, Martinez, H, Bravo, O, Martraire, D, Meza, JJ, Mathes, HJ, Matthews, J, Matthews, AJ, Matthiae, G, Maurel, D, Maurizio, D, Mazur, PO, Medina-Tanco, G, Melissas, M, Melo, D, Menichetti, E, Menshikov, A, Mertsch, P, Meurer, C, Meyhandan, R, MiC, S, Micheletti, MI, Minaya, IA, Miramonti, L, Molina-Bueno, L, Mollerach, S, Monasor, M, Ragaigne, DM, Montanet, F, Morales, B, Morello, C, Moreno, E, Moreno, JC, Mostafa, M, Moura, CA, Muller, MA, Mueller, G, Muenchmeyer, M, Mussa, R, Navarra, G, Navarro, JL, Navas, S, Necesal, P, Nellen, L, Nelles, A, Neuser, J, Nhung, PT, Niechciol, M, Niemietz, L, Nierstenhoefer, N, Nitz, D, Nosek, D, Nozka, L, Oehlschlaeger, J, Olinto, A, Ortiz, M, Pacheco, N, Selmi-Dei, DP, Palatka, M, Pallotta, J, Palmieri, N, Parente, G, Parizot, E, Parra, A, Pastor, S, Paul, T, Pech, M, Pekala, J, Pelayo, R, Pepe, IM, Perrone, L, Pesce, R, Petermann, E, Petrera, S, Petrolini, A, Petrov, Y, Pfendner, C, Piegaia, R, Pierog, T, Pieroni, P, Pimenta, M, Pirronello, V, Platino, M, Plum, M, Ponce, VH, Pontz, M, Porcelli, A, Privitera, P, Prouza, M, Quel, EJ, Querchfeld, S, Rautenberg, J, Ravel, O, Ravignani, D, Revenu, B, Ridky, J, Riggi, S, Risse, M, Ristori, P, Rivera, H, Rizi, V, Roberts, J, De Carvalho, W, Rodriguez, G, Cabo, I, Martino, J, Rojo, J, Rodriguez-Frias, MD, Ros, G, Rosado, J, Rossler, T, Roth, M, Rouille-D'Orfeuil, B, Roulet, E, Rovero, AC, Ruehle, C, Saftoiu, A, Salamida, F, Salazar, H, Greus, FS, Salina, G, Sanchez, F, Santo, CE, Santos, E, Santos, EM, Sarazin, F, Sarkar, B, Sarkar, S, Sato, R, Scharf, N, Scherini, V, Schieler, H, Schiffer, P, Schmidt, A, Scholten, O, Schoorlemmer, H, Schovancova, J, Schovanek, P, Schroeder, F, Schulte, S, Schuster, D, Sciutto, SJ, 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Published: IOP Publishing 2012