Speaker
Description
The Pierre Auger Observatory is focused on the study of cosmic rays with
energies above 10^17 eV, also allowing for studies on cosmogeophysics
and space weather. It employs different detection techniques, such as
water-Cherenkov detectors, fluorescence telescopes, scintillators, and
radio antennas. An important part of the Pierre Auger Collaboration is
the Outreach and Education activities. Starting from the Visitor Center
located at the site of the experiment, followed by exhibitions, science
contests, science fairs, conferences, brochures, a newsletter, and
individual efforts in the countries which form part of the
Collaboration, as well as global initiatives such as the International
Masterclasses. Another aspect of sharing science at such high energies,
which is very important for the Observatory, is the concept of Open
Data. There has been a gradual process of public data release since
2007. In 2021, an Open Data Portal was set up with 10% of the cosmic-ray
events, along with the description of the detectors, notebooks and
software tools containing the analyses for some of the main results of
the Observatory to be reproduced by the public. In 2023, a catalog of
the 100 highest-energy events was included. In March 2024, a new version
of the Open Data, which extends the dataset to lower energies, was
released. In this contribution, a description of the Outreach,
Education, and Open Data efforts of the Pierre Auger Collaboration will
be shown.
Details
The person is myself, the information:
Name: Karen Salomé Caballero Mora on behalf of The Pierre Auger Collaboration
Title: Dr.
Institution name: Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas
Country: Mexico
Webpage of the institution of the speaker: https://www.unach.mx/
| Internet talk | Yes |
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| Is this an abstract from experimental collaboration? | Yes |
| Name of experiment and experimental site | The Pierre Auger Collaboration |
| Is the speaker for that presentation defined? | Yes |
