A. Aab37, P. Abreu70, M. Aglietta48,47, E.J. Ahn85, I. Al Samarai29, I.F.M. Albuquerque16, I. Allekotte1, P. Allison90, A. Almela8,11, J. Alvarez Castillo62, J. Alvarez-Muñiz80, M. Ambrosio45, G.A. Anastasi38, L. Anchordoqui84, B. Andrada8, S. Andringa70, C. Aramo45, F. Arqueros77, N. Arsene73, H. Asorey1,24, P. Assis70, J. Aublin29, G. Avila9,10, A.M. Badescu74, A. Balaceanu71, C. Baus32, J.J. Beatty90, K.H. Becker31, J.A. Bellido12, C. Berat30, M.E. Bertaina56,47, X. Bertou1, P.L. Biermannb, P. Billoir29, J. Biteau28, S.G. Blaess12, A. Blanco70, J. Blazek25, C. Bleve50,43, M. Boháčová25, D. Boncioli40,d, C. Bonifazi22, N. Borodai67, A.M. Botti8,33, J. Brack83, I. Brancus71, T. Bretz35, A. Bridgeman33, F.L. Briechle35, P. Buchholz37, A. Bueno79, S. Buitink63, M. Buscemi52,42, K.S. Caballero-Mora60, B. Caccianiga44, L. Caccianiga29, A. Cancio11,8, F. Canfora63, L. Caramete72, R. Caruso52,42, A. Castellina48,47, G. Cataldi43, L. Cazon70, R. Cester56,47, A.G. Chavez61, A. Chiavassa56,47, J.A. Chinellato17, J. Chudoba25, R.W. Clay12, R. Colalillo54,45, A. Coleman91, L. Collica47, M.R. Coluccia50,43, R. Conceição70, F. Contreras9,10, M.J. Cooper12, S. Coutu91, C.E. Covault81, J. Cronin92, R. Dalliere, S. D'Amico49,43, B. Daniel17, S. Dasso5,3, K. Daumiller33, B.R. Dawson12, R.M. de Almeida23, S.J. de Jong63,65, G. De Mauro63, J.R.T. de Mello Neto22, I. De Mitri50,43, J. de Oliveira23, V. de Souza15, J. Debatin33, L. del Peral78, O. Deligny28, C. Di Giulio55,46, A. Di Matteo51,41, M.L. Díaz Castro17, F. Diogo70, C. Dobrigkeit17, J.C. D'Olivo62, A. Dorofeev83, R.C. dos Anjos21, M.T. Dova4, A. Dundovic36, J. Ebr25, R. Engel33, M. Erdmann35, M. Erfani37, C.O. Escobar85,17, J. Espadanal70, A. Etchegoyen8,11, H. Falcke63,66,65, K. Fang92, G. Farrar88, A.C. Fauth17, N. Fazzini85, B. Fick87, J.M. Figueira8, A. Filevich8, A. Filipčič75,76, O. Fratu74, M.M. Freire6, T. Fujii92, A. Fuster8,11, B. García7, D. Garcia-Pinto77, F. Gaté, H. Gemmeke34, A. Gherghel-Lascu71, P.L. Ghia29, U. Giaccari22, M. Giammarchi44, M. Giller68, D. Głas69, C. Glaser35, H. Glass85, G. Golup1, M. Gómez Berisso1, P.F. Gómez Vitale9,10, N. González8,33, B. Gookin83, J. Gordon90, A. Gorgi48,47, P. Gorham93, P. Gouffon16, A.F. Grillo40, T.D. Grubb12, F. Guarino54,45, G.P. Guedes18, M.R. Hampel8, P. Hansen4, D. Harari1, T.A. Harrison12, J.L. Harton83, Q. Hasankiadeh64, A. Haungs33, T. Hebbeker35, D. Heck33, P. Heimann37, A.E. Herve32, G.C. Hill12, C. Hojvat85, E. Holt33,8, P. Homola67, J.R. Hörandel63,65, P. Horvath26, M. Hrabovský26, T. Huege33, J. Hulsman8,33, A. Insolia52,42, P.G. Isar72, I. Jandt31, S. Jansen63,65, J.A. Johnsen82, M. Josebachuili8, A. Kääpä31, O. Kambeitz32, K.H. Kampert31, P. Kasper85, I. Katkov32, B. Keilhauer33, E. Kemp17, R.M. Kieckhafer87, H.O. Klages33, M. Kleifges34, J. Kleinfeller9, R. Krause35, N. Krohm31, D. Kuempel35, G. Kukec Mezek76, N. Kunka34, A. Kuotb Awad33, D. LaHurd81, L. Latronico47, M. Lauscher35, P. Lautridou, P. Lebrun85, R. Legumina68, M.A. Leigui de Oliveira20, A. Letessier-Selvon29, I. Lhenry-Yvon28, K. Link32, L. Lopes70, R. López57, A. López Casado80, Q. Luce28, A. Lucero8,11, M. Malacari12, M. Mallamaci53,44, D. Mandat25, P. Mantsch85, A.G. Mariazzi4, I.C. Mariş79, G. Marsella50,43, D. Martello50,43, H. Martinez58, O. Martínez Bravo57, J.J. Masías Meza3, H.J. Mathes33, S. Mathys31, J. Matthews86, J.A.J. Matthews95, G. Matthiae55,46, E. Mayotte31, P.O. Mazur85, C. Medina82, G. Medina-Tanco62, D. Melo8, A. Menshikov34, S. Messina64, M.I. Micheletti6, L. Middendorf35, I.A. Minaya77, L. Miramonti53,44, B. Mitrica71, D. Mockler32, L. Molina-Bueno79, S. Mollerach1, F. Montanet30, C. Morello48,47, M. Mostafá91, G. Müller35, M.A. Muller17,19, S. Müller33,8, I. Naranjo1, S. Navas79, L. Nellen62, J. Neuser31, P.H. Nguyen12, M. Niculescu-Oglinzanu71, M. Niechciol37, L. Niemietz31, T. Niggemann35, D. Nitz87, D. Nosek27, V. Novotny27, H. Nožka26, L.A. Núñez24, L. Ochilo37, F. Oikonomou91, A. Olinto92, D. Pakk Selmi-Dei17, M. Palatka25, J. Pallotta2, P. Papenbreer31, G. Parente80, A. Parra57, T. Paul89,84, M. Pech25, F. Pedreira80, J. Pękala67, R. Pelayo59, J. Peña-Rodriguez24, L. A. S. Pereira17, L. Perrone50,43, C. Peters35, S. Petrera51,38,41, J. Phuntsok91, R. Piegaia3, T. Pierog33, P. Pieroni3, M. Pimenta70, V. Pirronello52,42, M. Platino8, M. Plum35, C. Porowski67, R.R. Prado15, P. Privitera92, M. Prouza25, E.J. Quel2, S. Querchfeld31, S. Quinn81, R. Ramos-Pollant24, J. Rautenberg31, O. Ravel, D. Ravignani8, D. Reinert35, B. Revenu, J. Ridky25, M. Risse37, P. Ristori2, V. Rizi51,41, W. Rodrigues de Carvalho80, G. Rodriguez Fernandez55,46, J. Rodriguez Rojo9, M.D. Rodríguez-Frías78, D. Rogozin33, J. Rosado77, M. Roth33, E. Roulet1, A.C. Rovero5, S.J. Saffi12, A. Saftoiu71, H. Salazar57, A. Saleh76, F. Salesa Greus91, G. Salina46, J.D. Sanabria Gomez24, F. Sánchez8, P. Sanchez-Lucas79, E.M. Santos16, E. Santos8, F. Sarazin82, B. Sarkar31, R. Sarmento70, C. Sarmiento-Cano8, R. Sato9, C. Scarso9, M. Schauer31, V. Scherini50,43, H. Schieler33, D. Schmidt33,8, O. Scholten64,c, P. Schovánek25, F.G. Schröder33, A. Schulz33, J. Schulz63, J. Schumacher35, S.J. Sciutto4, A. Segreto39,42, M. Settimo29, A. Shadkam86, R.C. Shellard13, G. Sigl36, G. Silli8,33, O. Sima73, A. Śmiałkowski68, R. Šmída33, G.R. Snow94, P. Sommers91, S. Sonntag37, J. Sorokin12, R. Squartini9, D. Stanca71, S. Stanič76, J. Stasielak67, F. Strafella50,43, F. Suarez8,11, M. Suarez Durán24, T. Sudholz12, T. Suomijärvi28, A.D. Supanitsky5, M.S. Sutherland90, J. Swain89, Z. Szadkowski69, O.A. Taborda1, A. Tapia8, A. Tepe37, V.M. Theodoro17, C. Timmermans65,63, C.J. Todero Peixoto14, L. Tomankova33, B. Tomé70, A. Tonachini56,47, G. Torralba Elipe80, D. Torres Machado22, M. Torri53, P. Travnicek25, M. Trini76, R. Ulrich33, M. Unger88,33, M. Urban35, A. Valbuena-Delgado24, J.F. Valdés Galicia62, I. Valiño80, L. 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1 Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro (CNEA-UNCuyo-CONICET), Argentina
2 Centro de Investigaciones en Láseres y Aplicaciones, CITEDEF and CONICET, Argentina
3 Departamento de Física and Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos, FCEyN, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina
4 IFLP, Universidad Nacional de La Plata and CONICET, Argentina
5 Instituto de Astronomía y Física del Espacio (IAFE, CONICET-UBA), Argentina
6 Instituto de Física de Rosario (IFIR) - CONICET/U.N.R. and Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas U.N.R., Argentina
7 Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM) and Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Mendoza (CONICET/CNEA), Argentina
8 Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (CNEA, CONICET, UNSAM), Centro Atómico Constituyentes, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
9 Observatorio Pierre Auger, Argentina
10 Observatorio Pierre Auger and Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Argentina
11 Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional Buenos Aires, Argentina
12 University of Adelaide, Australia
13 Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas (CBPF), Brazil
14 Universidade de São Paulo, Escola de Engenharia de Lorena, Brazil
15 Universidade de São Paulo, Inst. de Física de São Carlos, São Carlos, Brazil
16 Universidade de São Paulo, Inst. de Física, São Paulo, Brazil
17 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
18 Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (UEFS), Brazil
19 Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil
20 Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC), Brazil
21 Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor Palotina, Brazil
22 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Instituto de Física, Brazil
23 Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil
24 Universidad Industrial de Santander, Colombia
25 Institute of Physics (FZU) of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Czech Republic
26 Palacky University, RCPTM, Czech Republic
27 University Prague, Institute of Particle and Nuclear Physics, Czech Republic
28 Institut de Physique Nucléaire d'Orsay (IPNO), Université Paris 11, CNRS-IN2P3, France
29 Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et de Hautes Energies (LPNHE), Universités Paris 6 et Paris 7, CNRS-IN2P3, France
30 Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie (LPSC), Université Grenoble-Alpes, CNRS/IN2P3, France
31 Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Department of Physics, Germany
32 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Experimentelle Kernphysik (IEKP), Germany
33 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Kernphysik (IKP), Germany
34 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut für Prozessdatenverarbeitung und Elektronik (IPE), Germany
35 RWTH Aachen University, III. Physikalisches Institut A, Germany
36 Universität Hamburg, II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Germany
37 Universität Siegen, Fachbereich 7 Physik - Experimentelle Teilchenphysik, Germany
38 Gran Sasso Science Institute (INFN), L'Aquila, Italy
39 INAF - Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Palermo, Italy
40 INFN Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy
41 INFN, Gruppo Collegato dell'Aquila, Italy
42 INFN, Sezione di Catania, Italy
43 INFN, Sezione di Lecce, Italy
44 INFN, Sezione di Milano, Italy
45 INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Italy
46 INFN, Sezione di Roma “Tor Vergata“, Italy
47 INFN, Sezione di Torino, Italy
48 Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino (INAF), Torino, Italy
49 Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Italy
50 Università del Salento, Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica “E. De Giorgi”, Italy
51 Università dell'Aquila, Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche e Chimiche, Italy
52 Università di Catania, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Italy
53 Università di Milano, Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
54 Università di Napoli “Federico II“, Dipartimento di Fisica “Ettore Pancini“, Italy
55 Università di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
56 Università Torino, Dipartimento di Fisica, Italy
57 Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP), México
58 Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN (CINVESTAV), México
59 Unidad Profesional Interdisciplinaria en Ingeniería y Tecnologías Avanzadas del Instituto Politécnico Nacional (UPIITA-IPN), México
60 Universidad Autónoma de Chiapas, México
61 Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, México
62 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México
63 Institute for Mathematics, Astrophysics and Particle Physics (IMAPP), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands
64 KVI - Center for Advanced Radiation Technology, University of Groningen, Netherlands
65 Nationaal Instituut voor Kernfysica en Hoge Energie Fysica (NIKHEF), Netherlands
66 Stichting Astronomisch Onderzoek in Nederland (ASTRON), Dwingeloo, Netherlands
67 Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN, Poland
68 University of Łódź, Faculty of Astrophysics, Poland
69 University of Łódź, Faculty of High-Energy Astrophysics, Poland
70 Laboratório de Instrumentação e Física Experimental de Partículas - LIP and Instituto Superior Técnico - IST, Universidade de Lisboa - UL, Portugal
71 “Horia Hulubei” National Institute for Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Romania
72 Institute of Space Science, Romania
73 University of Bucharest, Physics Department, Romania
74 University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
75 Experimental Particle Physics Department, J. Stefan Institute, Slovenia
76 Laboratory for Astroparticle Physics, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia
77 Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
78 Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Spain
79 Universidad de Granada and C.A.F.P.E., Spain
80 Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
81 Case Western Reserve University, USA
82 Colorado School of Mines, USA
83 Colorado State University, USA
84 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lehman College, City University of New York, USA
85 Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, USA
86 Louisiana State University, USA
87 Michigan Technological University, USA
88 New York University, USA
89 Northeastern University, USA
90 Ohio State University, USA
91 Pennsylvania State University, USA
92 University of Chicago, USA
93 University of Hawaii, USA
94 University of Nebraska, USA
95 University of New Mexico, USA
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a School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
b Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie, Bonn, Germany
c also at Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
d now at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Zeuthen, Germany
e SUBATECH, École des Mines de Nantes, CNRS-IN2P3, Université de Nantes
The successful installation, commissioning, and operation of the Pierre Auger Observatory would not have been possible without the strong commitment and effort from the technical and administrative staff in Malargüe. We are very grateful to the following agencies and organizations for financial support:
Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Gobierno de la Provincia de Mendoza, Municipalidad de Malargüe, NDM Holdings and Valle Las Leñas, in gratitude for their continuing cooperation over land access, Argentina; the Australian Research Council; Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos (FINEP), Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ), São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) Grants No. 2010/07359-6 and No. 1999/05404-3, Ministério de Ciência e Tecnologia (MCT), Brazil; Grant No. MSMT CR LG15014, LO1305 and LM2015038 and the Czech Science Foundation Grant No. 14-17501S, Czech Republic; Centre de Calcul IN2P3/CNRS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Conseil Régional Ile-de-France, Département Physique Nucléaire et Corpusculaire (PNC-IN2P3/CNRS), Département Sciences de l'Univers (SDU-INSU/CNRS), Institut Lagrange de Paris (ILP) Grant No. LABEX ANR-10-LABX-63, within the Investissements d'Avenir Programme Grant No. ANR-11-IDEX-0004-02, France; Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Finanzministerium Baden-Württemberg, Helmholtz Alliance for Astroparticle Physics (HAP), Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Deutscher Forschungszentren (HGF), Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung, Nordrhein Westfalen, Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN),Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universitá e della Ricerca (MIUR), Gran Sasso Center for Astroparticle Physics (CFA), CETEMPS Center of Excellence, Ministero degli Affari Esteri (MAE), Italy; Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT) No. 167733, Mexico; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), PAPIIT DGAPA-UNAM, Mexico; Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO), Stichting voor Fundamenteel Onderzoek der Materie (FOM), Netherlands; National Centre for Research and Development, Grants No. ERA-NET-ASPERA/01/11 and No. ERA-NET-ASPERA/02/11, National Science Centre, Grants No. 2013/08/M/ST9/00322, No. 2013/08/M/ST9/00728 and No. HARMONIA 5 - 2013/10/M/ST9/00062, Poland; Portuguese national funds and FEDER funds within Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade through Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (COMPETE), Portugal; Romanian Authority for Scientific Research ANCS, CNDI-UEFISCDI partnership projects Grants No. 20/2012 and No.194/2012 and PN 16 42 01 02; Slovenian Research Agency, Slovenia; Comunidad de Madrid, Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER) funds, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Xunta de Galicia, European Community 7th Framework Program, Grant No. FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF-328826, Spain; Science and Technology Facilities Council, United Kingdom; Department of Energy, Contracts No. DE-AC02-07CH11359, No. DE-FR02-04ER41300, No. DE-FG02-99ER41107 and No. DE-SC0011689, National Science Foundation, Grant No. 0450696, The Grainger Foundation, USA; NAFOSTED, Vietnam; Marie Curie-IRSES/EPLANET, European Particle Physics Latin American Network, European Union 7th Framework Program, Grant No. PIRSES-2009-GA-246806; and UNESCO.
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