"A physicist is an atom's way of knowing about atoms." --George Wald

John Harton

Professor
BS, University of California, Davis, 1982; Ph.D, MIT, 1988.

Particle Astrophysics

My current research interests are in experimental particle astrophysics, and in particular in the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory.

Selected Publications

  • Pierre Auger Collaboration (J. Abraham et al.), "PROPERTIES AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROTOTYPE INSTRUMENT FOR THE PIERRE AUGER OBSERVATORY," Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A 523, 50-95 (2004).

  • The Pierre Auger Collaboration, "Search for localized excess fluxes in Auger sky maps and prescription results," astro-ph/0507600.

  • P. Bauleo et al., "Absolute Calibration of the Auger Fluorescence Detectors," astro-ph/0507347.

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Members of the Auger Collaboration, with a newly installed scintillation detector

Members of the Auger Collaboration, with a newly installed scintillation detector