1. Future Plans at the Pierre Auger Observatory Lawrence Wiencke Colorado School of Mines IS@AO, Apr. 18 2011, Cambridge 1

2. 2 Wiencke Logarithmic ScaleLinear Scale Linsleysx10 5 Linsleys TA

3. The Pierre Auger Observatory of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays Southern site: Argentina 3000 Square km Northern site: Colorado 21000 square km (RIP 2010) Argentina Australia Brasil Bolivia* Czech Rep. France Germany Italy Mexico Netherlands Poland Portugal Slovenia Spain UK USA Vietnam* *Assoc. Countries 3

4. Long Term Go really big – Pierre Auger Aperture is 3000 km 2 str – Next detector should be 30,000 km 2 str+ Some (no so) minor details – When? Where? What? Include interdisciplinary science from the start 4

5. Pierre Auger Fluorescence Detectors World’s best optical cosmic ray air shower detectors – Measure Cosmic Air Showers very well – Measure Lasers well (<1 hz rate) – Throw away >99.9 % of the night sky Next generation FD – Cosmic Ray Detector and Atmospheric instrument Very loose trigger and fast readout – Discovery & measurement potential! 5

6. Future – next 5 years Pierre Auger Observatory – – 1991 First meetings – 2003 Engineering Array – 2005 Construction 1000/1600 tanks – 2008 Construction complete – Present continue Cosmic Ray data taking perhaps for 10-15 years Upgrades in progress and planned – Extend energy range down & measure muons – New technologies & methods 6

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8. 8 HEAT High Elevation Airshower Telescope Extend Energy Range (down) to 10 17 eV

9. 9 R&D Program for Radio Detection of Cosmic Rays

11. Atmospheric + FD R&D in Colorado

12. Raman LIDAR Solid State Laser Control Systems XLF Design Features Parts from CLF Steering, Optics, Solar Power Propane safety system Funding Students Staff Faculty New Container Calibration System, + + + Super Test Beam

13. 13 Oktocopter with GPS

14. Some ideas from this work shop Gravity Waves – In our radiosonde data? – Auger Participation in SAAGRIA – Possible connection to seismic measurements? Clouds – – Edge charging, effects/correlation with CR Aerosols – – sampling (z) – ~100 nm size Revive Radiosonde Measurements, supplement with oktocopter? – Aerosols, ionization, gravity waves … – KIT group is interested Lightening – Track effects with Pierre Auger Surface Detector – Coincidence with air showers Weather effects – Surface Detector singles rates Extended seismi array? Are there connection or correlations between atmospheric phenomena and Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays? (E>10 18 eV) 14

15. 15 Southern Hemisphere Center for Atmospheric Research at the Pierre Auger Observatory?