Pierre Auger Project
Design Report

Second Edition, November,1996
(Revised March 14, 1997)

1. Table of Contents 8 pages) Contents
2. Chapter 1 (5 pages) Executive Summary
3. Chapter 2 (35 pages) Science
4. Chapter 3 (21 pages) Observations of the Highest Energy Cosmic Rays
5. Chapter 4 (32 pages) Air Shower Measurement Techniques
6. Chapter 5 (49 pages) Simulated Performance of the Reference Design
7. Chapter 6 (12 pages) Surface Detector Array
8. Chapter 7 (7 pages) Fuuorescence Detector Design
9. Chapter 8 (23 pages) Electronics Systems and Software
10. Chapter 9 (17 pages) Site Survey
11. Chapter 10 (3 pages) Central Station
12. Chapter 11 (11 pages) Organization, Cost and Scheduel
• Appendix A (18 pages) Air Cerenkov Detection of EeV/AeV Cosmic Rays with Solar Panels or PMTs
• Appendix B (6 pages) Radio Pulse Detectors
• Appendix C (14 pages) Auger Project Participants
• Bibliography (9 pages) Bibliography

The Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory
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