2022-07-22
Thesis
SA2_AUGE
Research Area
Experiments
We are exposed to a constant ‘bombardment’ of cosmic rays, which impact with us at near-light speeds. Approximately at a frequency of one ray per second on a surface like the palm of your hand. Luckily, these are harmless radiations, but fascinating because they come from far, far away in the universe.
Since joining the Pierre Auger collaboration in 2002, the IGFAE has been leading the Spanish participation in this experiment from Santiago de Compostela, also studying the elusive neutrinos observed by this facility. The IGFAE team developed pioneering analyses of tilted cascades, crucial elements in the scientific work of the collaboration. The knowledge generated in this research programme also opens the door to synergies with other IGFAE programmes through multimessenger astronomy.
From a theoretical perspective, another relevant activity of the staff of this programme focuses on phenomenological aspects of astroparticle physics.
Principal investigator
Enrique Zas Arregui
Initial date
2024-09-01
Final date
2028-08-31
Principal investigator
Lorenzo Cazón Boado
Initial date
2024-06-03
Final date
2025-06-07
Principal investigator
Jaime Álvarez Muñiz
Initial date
2023-09-01
Final date
2026-08-31
Principal investigator
Jaime Álvarez Muñiz
Initial date
2023-09-01
Final date
2026-08-31
Agency
AEI - Agencia Estatal de Investigación
Principal investigator
Felix Riehn
Initial date
2022-10-03
Final date
2024-10-02