Highlights from the Pierre Auger Obseervatory - the birth of the hybrid era

TL;DR

This paper presents key findings from the Pierre Auger Observatory, focusing on the cosmic ray energy spectrum from 0.3 EeV to 100 EeV and the mass composition above 1 EeV, marking the start of the hybrid observational era.

Contribution

It introduces the hybrid observational approach of the Pierre Auger Observatory and provides detailed measurements of cosmic rays over a wide energy range.

Findings

Cosmic ray energy spectrum characterized from 0.3 EeV to 100 EeV.

Mass composition data above 1 EeV.

Establishment of the hybrid detection era.

Abstract

Highlights from the Pierre Auger Observatory are presented. In particular there is a detailed discussion of of the cosmic ray energy spectrum from 0.3 EeV to 100 EeV and of the mass composition above 1 EeV.