Cosmic rays at the University of Alcalá

Abstract

The University of Alcalá de Henares involved in the project's largest cosmic ray observatory in the world. The observatory, named after Pierre Auger South, was opened on 9 November, coinciding with the International Year of Physics. The members of the Group of Space Plasmas and Astroparticle (SPA) at the University of Alcalá collaborate in this important international project. This article explains the same, also including several illustrations.