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Research Institutes in Argentina: Pierre Auger Observatory, Instituto de Biolog a Y Medicina Experimental, Leloir Institute

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Paperback (General Books; Nov 24 2010)
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Research Institutes in Argentina: Pierre Auger Observatory, Instituto de Biolog a Y Medicina Experimental, Leloir Institute
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Pierre Auger Observatory, Instituto de Biología Y Medicina Experimental, Leloir Institute, Maiztegui National Human Viral Disease Institute, Si6, Sanmartinian National Institute, Balseiro Institute, Belgranian National Institute, Centro Internacional de Métodos Computacionales En Ingeniería. Excerpt: The Pierre Auger Observatory is an international cosmic ray observatory designed to detect ultra-high-energy cosmic rays: single sub-atomic particles (protons or atomic nuclei) with energies beyond 10 eV (about the energy of a tennis ball traveling at 80 km/h). These high energy particles have an estimated arrival rate of just 1 per km per century, therefore the Auger Observatory has created a detection area the size of Rhode Island in order to record a large number of these events. It is located in western Argentina's Mendoza Province. The observatory was named after the French physicist Pierre Victor Auger. The project was proposed by Jim Cronin and Alan Watson in 1992 . Today, more than 200 physicists from 55 institutions around the world are collaborating to build the southern site. The 15 participating countries are sharing the $50 million construction budget, each providing a minor part of the total cost. The observatory will consist of northern and southern sites. The southern site is in the final phase of construction and is currently operating and collecting data. It became the largest ultra-high energy cosmic ray detector in the world in 2003. It is located on the vast plain of Pampa Amarilla, near the town of Malargüe in Mendoza Province, Argentina. The northern site will be located in southeastern Colorado, United States and hosted by Lamar Community College. Each site of the final observatory will consist of 1600 water tanks
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