https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201919703004
Analysis of ELVES at the Pierre Auger Observatory
1
INFN Sezione di Torino,
via P.Giuria 1,
I-10125,
Torino,
Italy
2
Observatorio Pierre Auger,
Av. San Martín Norte 304,
5613
Malargüe,
Argentina
* e-mail: mussa@to.infn.it
** http://www.auger.org/archive/authors_2018_09.html
Published online: 15 January 2019
In the last six years, the Fluorescence Detector (FD) of the Auger Observatory has been exploited for the study of transient luminous events occuring high above thunderstorms at large distances (250 to more than 1000 km) from the Observatory. The first ELVES candidate was discovered during a night shift in 2005, and further studies based on auxiliary subtriggers allowed to modify the third level trigger of the observatory in order to acquire them with reasonable efficiency. This report aims to briefly review the studies underway on the >4000 ELVES triggers harvested in the years 2013-18 by the Observatory.
© The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2019
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