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GROUP PUBLICATIONS

This partial list of our scientific publications concerning Project Auger is sorted inversely chronologically.

  • J. Vícha Vysokoenergetické spršky kosmického záření. Bakalářská práce FJFI, Praha 2008).
    text with incorporated referee comments - PDF file (1.3 MB)

    CVUT web site - PDF file (1.3 MB)

  • Pierre Auger Collaboration (J. Abraham et al.). Observation of the suppression of the flux of cosmic rays above 4x10^19 eV. Phys.Rev.Lett.101:061101,2008.
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  • Pierre Auger Collaboration (J. Abraham et al.) Correlation of the highest-energy cosmic rays with the positions of nearby active galactic nuclei. Astropart.Phys.29:188-204,2008, Erratum-ibid.30:45,2008.
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  • The Pierre Auger Collaboration (J. Abraham et al.) Upper limit on the diffuse flux of UHE tau neutrinos from the Pierre Auger Observatory. Published in Phys.Rev.Lett.100:211101,2008.
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  • Pierre Auger Collaboration (J. Abraham et al.) Upper limit on the cosmic-ray photon flux above 10^19 eV using the surface detector of the Pierre Auger Observatory. Astropart.Phys.29:243-256,2008.
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  • Pierre Auger Collaboration (J. Abraham et al.) Correlation of the highest energy cosmic rays with nearby extragalactic objects. Science 318:938-943,2007.
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  • Cinzia De Donato et al. (Michael Prouza, Jiří Grygar, Miroslav Hrabovský, Jan Řídký, Petr Schovánek, Petr Trávníček) Using stars to determine the absolute pointing of the fluorescence detector telescopes of the Pierre Auger Observatory. Astroparticle Physics 28, Issue 2, 216-231 (2007).

  • M. Ave et al., (M. Bohacova, M. Hrabovsky, L. Nozka, M. Palatka, J. Ridky, P. Schovanek) Measurement of the pressure dependence of air fluorescence emission induced by electrons. Astroparticle Physics 28, Issue 1, 41-57 (2007).

  • S. BenZvi et al. (M. Bohacova, J. Grygar, M. Hrabovsky, T. Karova, D. Mandat, P. Necesal, D. Nosek, L. Nozka, M. Palatka, M. Pech, M. Prouza, J. Ridky, P. Schovanek, R. Smida, P. Travnicek): New method for atmospheric calibration at the Pierre Auger Observatory using FRAM, a robotic astronomical telescope. Contributed to 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2007), Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, 3-11 Jul 2007. Paper 396.
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  • J. Ridky, D. Nosek, P. Travnicek, P. Necesal: Prompt muons in extended air showers. Contributed to 30th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2007), Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, 3-11 Jul 2007. Paper 812.
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  • 15 other conributions of AUGER collaboration at ICRC 2007, for details see http://www.auger.org/technical_info/icrc_2005.html
    coauthors: M. Bohacova, J. Grygar, M. Hrabovsky, D. Mandat, D. Nosek, L. Nozka, M. Palatka, M. Pech, M. Prouza, J. Ridky, P. Schovanek, R. Smida, P. Travnicek

  • Jelinek et al. (... M. Prouza, J. Ridky, J. Grygar, M. Bohacova, M. Hrabovsky, D. Mandat, D. Nosek, L. Nozka, M. Palatka, M. Pech, P. Schovanek, R. Smida, P. Travnicek...): The bright optical flash from GRB 060117 Astron.Astrophys.454:L119-L122, 2006.
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  • Pierre Auger Collaboration (M. Aglietta et al.).: Anisotropy studies around the Galactic Centre at EeV energies with the Auger Observatory, Astropart.Phys.27:244-253, 2007.
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  • Pierre Auger Collaboration (M. Aglietta et al.).: An upper limit to the photon fraction in cosmic rays above 10^19 eV from the Pierre Auger Observatory, J. Abraham et al. [Pierre Auger Collaboration], Astroparticle Physics 27 (2007), 155.
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  • Martina Boháčová: Pierre Auger fluorescence detector study of the air fluorescence Doctoral thesis, Charles University, Prague 2006.

  • P. Nečesal: Testing of Interaction Models of Cosmic Radiation at LHC Collider Diploma thesis, Charles University, Prague 2006.

  • J. Ridky, (ed.), M. Bohacova, (ed.), D. Nosek, (ed.), J. Rames, (ed.), R. Smida, (ed.), P. Travnicek, From colliders to cosmic rays. Proceedings, International Conference on interconnection between high energy physics and astroparticle physics, C2CR-Prague'05, Prague, Czech Republic, September 7-13, 2005. Published in Czech. J. Phys. 56 (2006) A1-A367 Proceedings

  • F. Arciprete et al. (... M. Bohacova, M. Hrabovsky, M. Nozka, M. Palatka, J. Ridky, P. Schovanek ...): AIRFLY: Measurement of the air fluorescence radiation induced by electrons. 9th Topical Seminar on Innovative Particle and Radiation Detectors (Siena 2004), Siena, Italy, 23-26 May 2004. Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.150:186-189,2006., astro-ph/0607382

  • F. Arcipete et al. (M. Bohacova for AIRFLY collaboration): AIRFLY: Measurement of the fluorescence yield in atmospheric gases. C2CR, Czech Republic, 7-13 Sep 2005. Czech.J.Phys.56:A361-A367, 2006.

  • P. Travnicek: Detection of cosmic ray events by LEP experiments., C2CR, Czech Republic, 7-13 Sep 2005. Czech.J.Phys.56:A185-A200,2006.

  • Michael Prouza: Ultra-high energy cosmic rays and theirs detections in AUGER project. Doctoral thesis, Charles University, Prague 2005.

  • L. Nožka, P. Schovánek, M. Palatka , M. Hrabovský, J. Řídký , V. Vacek , M. Boháčová , M. Pech , M. Doubrava , D. Mandát : Czech contribution to the project AIRFLY, Jemná mechanika a optika 1 (2005) 11-13, ISSN 0447-6441, IF 0.

  • M. Pech , M. Hrabovský, P. Schovánek, M. Palatka, L. Nožka, D. Mandát , J. Řídký : Preliminary design of ultralight mirrors system for LIDAR, Jemná mechanika a optika 1 (2005) 8-10, ISSN 0447-6441, IF 0.

  • J. Řídký a kol., O. Haderka, M. Hrabovský, P. Schovánek: Optika - výzkum, vývoj, aplikace. Československý časopis pro fyziku, roč. 55, č. 4 (2005) 359-374, ISSN 0009-0700, IF 0.

  • F. Arciprete ... M. Bohacova , M. Hrabovsky , L. Nozka , M. Palatka, J.Ridky, P. Schovanek ... (AIRFLY collaboration): AIRFLY: Measurement of the fluorescence yield in atmospheric gases, (cze-bohacova-M-abs1-he14-poster), Proceedings of 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2005), Pune, India, 3-11 Aug 2005.

  • M. Prouza, M. Bohacova, J. Grygar, M. Hrabovsky, D. Nosek, L. Nozka, M. Palatka, M. Pech, J. Ridky, P. Schovanek, R. Smida, P. Travnicek: Star tracking using background data of FD telescopes -- whole star track optimization method, Gap Note 2005-041, May 30, 2005.

  • F. Arqueros ... M.Prouza, P. Travnicek ...L. Wiencke: The central laser facility at the Pierre Auger Observatory , (usa-malek-M-abs1-he15-poster). Proceedings of 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2005), Pune, India, 3-11 Aug 2005.
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  • R. Cester ... M. Prouza ... D. Zavrtanik.: Atmospheric aerosol monitoring at the Pierre Auger Observatory, (usa-roberts-M-abs1-he15-poster). Proceedings of 29th International Cosmic Ray Conference (ICRC 2005), Pune, India, 3-11 Aug 2005.
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  • 13 other conributions of AUGER collaboration at ICRC 2005, for details see http://www.auger.org/technical_info/icrc_2005.html
    coauthors: M. Bohacova, J. Grygar, M. Hrabovsky, D. Mandat, D. Nosek, L. Nozka, M. Palatka, M. Pech, M. Prouza, J. Ridky, P. Schovanek, R. Smida, P. Travnicek

  • J. Ridky, D. Nosek: On sensitivity of Cherenkov radiation to the dynamics of high energy cosmic ray interactions, Contributed paper to 8th International Workshop on Topics in Astroparticle and Underground Physics (TAUP 2003), Seattle, Washington, 5-9 Sep 2003., Published in Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.138:299-302, 2005

  • M. Palatka, P. Schovánek, M. Hrabovský,M. Vlček,L. Nožka,J. Řídký,M. Boháčová : Light collection optics for a measurement of the air fluorescence yield. Proc. of 14th Slovak-Czech-Polish Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspect of Contemporary Optics, 13-17 September, 2004, Nitra, Slovak Republic, SPIE 5945 (2005) 9 s. ISBN 0-8194-5951-8.

  • P. Schovánek,M. Palatka,M. Hrabovský,M. Pech,L. Nožka,D. Mandát,J. Řídký: The prototype of ultralight mirror systém for LIDAR, Proc. of Optics and Photonics 2005: Optical Components and Systems Engineering and Advanced Metrology, 31 July-4 August 2005, San Diego, California, USA, CD ROM, SPIE 5869, 12 s., 798 kB.

  • Auger Collaboration: F. Arqueros ... M. Bohacova, J. Grygar, M. Hrabovsky, D. Nosek, L. Nozka, M. Palatka, M. Prouza, J. Ridky, P. Schovanek Properties and performance of the prototype instrument for the Pierre Auger Observatory. NIM A 523 (2004) 50-95, ISSN 0168-9002.
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  • M. Palatka, M. Hrabovský, P. Schovánek, M. Vlček, J. Řídký, J. Grygar, M. Boháčová:
    On optics of FD without corrector ring, GAP 2003-058, 2003.
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  • Prouza M., Šmída R.:The Galactic magnetic field and propagation of ultra-high energy cosmic rays, 2003, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 410, 1
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  • J. Řídký: , Can we observe the quark gluon plasma in cosmic ray showers?, Astropart. Phys. 17(2002), 355-265.
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  • Palatka M. et. al.: Light mirrors for VHE astronomy telescopes, SILICON 2002, Proceedings of the 8th Scientific and Business Conference, November 2002, Czech Republic, pp. 278-285
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  • Vlček M. et. al.: Production of mirror systems for cosmic rays detectors, SILICON 2002, Proceedings of the 8th Scientific and Business Conference, November 2002, Czech Republic, pp. 286 -292
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  • Schovánek P., Palatka M., Vlček M., Hrabovský M., Grygar J., Řídký J., Soukup L, Prouza M., Boháčová M., Nosek D.:Projekt AUGER v České republice 2002, Jemná mechanika a optika 9, 2002, 270-274.
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  • Prouza M.: Ultra-high energy cosmic rays detected with experimental array of Pierre Auger Observatory, Proceedings of Week of Doctoral Students, Charles University, 2002, pp. 437-442
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  • R. Šmída: Very High Energy Astrophysics, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, 2002
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  • Vlček M., Hrabovský M., Schovánek P., Palatka M.: The Pierre Auger project overview, Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis, Facultas Rerum Naturalium, Physica, 2002, 40-41, 6 pages
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  • Palatka M., Schovánek P., Hrabovský M., Vlček M., Řídký J., Grygar J., Soukup L., Prouza M., Boháčová M.: The optical layout of the fluorescence detector of the Pierre Auger observatory, Proc. of the 13th Polish-Czech-Slovak Optical Conference "Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics", 2002, in press, 8 pages.
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  • Schovánek P., Palatka M., Hrabovský M., Vlček M.: Thin glass mirrors for the Pierre Auger Project, Proc. of the 13th Polish-Czech-Slovak Optical Conference "Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics", 2002, in press, 8 stran.
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  • M. Prouza: Diploma Thesis - The Character of Excess of Cosmic Rays above the GZK Cutoff, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, 2001
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  • P. Schovánek, J. Křepelka, M. Hrabovský, M. Palatka, M. Vlček, L. Soukup, L. Jastrabík, J. Řídký, J. Grygar, M. Boháčová: Optical filters designed for the fluorescence detector of the AUGER project with transmittance in the range 300 nm-420 nm, 12th Czech-Slovak-Polish Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, Jan Peřina, Miroslav Hrabovský and Jaromír Křepelka, Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. XXXX, pp. 220-223
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  • M. Palatka, M. Hrabovský, P. Schovánek, J. Řídký, J. Grygar, L. Soukup: Analysis of Possible Substitution of the Aspheric Surface of the Corrector Annulus by a Shape With Simpler Production Technology, GAP-2000-003
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  • M. Palatka, M. Hrabovský, P. Schovánek, J. Řídký, J. Grygar, L. Soukup: Bifocal Optical System of the Schmidt Camera. (Design of the Corrector Ring), GAP-2000-002
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  • M. Hrabovský, M. Palatka, P. Schovánek, J. Grygar, J. Řídký, L. Soukup: The Optical Analysis of the Proposed Schmidt Camera Design, GAP-1999-025
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