Auger Detector Auger Detector Recent discoveries have demonstrated the existence of very rare cosmic rays with energies above 100 billion-billion electron volts. Scientists are hard pressed to explain where they might come from.
More observational data is needed.
Because they are so rare, it takes a very large detection area to increase the chances of observing them. The University of Utah is the host institution for the Millard County site. An artist's conception of the Millard County site is shown. The Auger project will generate very large quantities of data which must be analyzed and subsequently disseminated throughout the world. Typical data acquisition will generate several Gigabytes of data per day, or about a TeraByte per month of operation.