Project description Integrating activities combining cooperation networks with transnational access and research projects Show the project objective Hide the project objective Up to now the Grid concept has been applied only to computational or data-Grids. A dispersed community can apply the same concept to the access, monitoring and management of complex facilities. We propose to improve the access capabilities of European groups working on the Pierre Auger Observatory in Argentina using the Grid concept.The Observatory is designed to measure the flux of ultra-high energy cosmic ray particles with unprecedented accuracy and statistical significance. The rate of the most energetic events is only ~ 1 per km2 per century and the possibility of achieving a breakthrough in this field is possible as a consequence of employing sophisticated detectors with very large acceptance.Building on CLARA and GEANT networks, our proposal takes advantage of the Grid structure to allow the European groups to achieve rapid access to the data collected at the Observatory in real time and will allow the researchers on the site to access also in real time the results of the analysis performed at home Institutions in Europe. As a consequence, the potential of the European groups in data processing will be enhanced. Implementation of techniques of remote monitoring of the detectors and control of the process of data taking from European Institutions will become possibleEnhanced communication infrastructure will also allow use of dynamic databases in which calibration information from the detectors will be continuously updated. This in turn will provide fast feedback on the quality of the data being taken at the Observatory, giving the possibility of rapid discovery of malfunctioning of detector components, with the consequence of early remedial action.As a result of the implementation of these actions, the work of the European groups will become more efficient, the reliability of operation of the Observatory will be enhanced, the quality of the data will improve, leading, with more sophisticated analysis, to physics results of higher quality. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdata sciencedata processing Programme(s) FP6-INFRASTRUCTURES - Research infrastructures: Specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration: "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) INFRASTR-6 - Accompanying Measures for promoting a more co-ordinated approach to research infrastructures in Europe Call for proposal FP6-2004-Infrastructures-6 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme I3 - Research Infrastructure-Integrated Infrastructure Initiative Coordinator ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI FISICA NUCLEARE EU contribution No data Address Italy See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Woodhouse Lane LS2 9JT LEEDS See on map Total cost No data FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE GMBH Germany EU contribution No data Address Weberstrasse 5 76133 KARLSRUHE See on map Total cost No data CONSORTIUM GARR (GESTIONE AMPLIAMENTO RETE RICERCA) Italy EU contribution No data Address Viale Palmiro Togliatti 1625 00155 ROMA See on map Total cost No data ASOCIACION CIVIL CIENCIA HOY Argentina EU contribution No data Address Av. Corrientes 2835 Piso 05 Dpto A 1193 BUENOS AIRES See on map Total cost No data CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS) France EU contribution No data Address 3, rue Michel Ange 75794 PARIS See on map Total cost No data
