Dr. Xavier Bertou
Av. Bustillo 10985
8400 San Carlos de Bariloche
Río Negro, Argentina
Tel: (00 54) (29 44) 529 581
Email: bertou@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae
| 2004- : | Auger post doctoral fellowship at the Centro Atómico Bariloche |
| 2002-2004 : | Grainger Fellowship from the University of Chicago (group of Prof. James W. Cronin). Function: Scientific Operations Coordinator for the Pierre Auger Observatory of Malargüe |
| 1999-2001 : | Thesis: The Pierre Auger Observatory. Towards the detection of Photons and Neutrinos at Ultra High Energy? at LPNHE (Paris) |
| 1999-2001 : | Teaching at Paris VII University on various experimental topics |
| 1997-1998 : | Military Service at the IAP (Paris) on the data from the ISO satellite |
| 1996-1997 : | DEA "Astrophysique et Techniques Spatiales" (Paris VII). Work on the detection of horizontal showers in the Pierre Auger Observatory |
| 1994 : | Admission at the École Normale Supérieure of Paris |
Activities
- Responsible for the Auger Surface Detector (SD) calibration
- Auger SD event selection
- Auger SD event reconstruction
- Responsible for the integration of the low energy extension of SD (AMIGA: Auger Muons and Infill for the Ground Array) to Auger
- Principal Investigator of the Large Aperture Grb Observatory (LAGO)
- GRB detection by single particle technique
- Programation of the local (electronics) and central DAQ of LAGO
Publications
X. Bertou et al.
Calibration of the surface array of the Pierre Auger Observatory.
Nucl. Instrum. Meth., A568:839--846, 2006.
X. Bertou and D. Allard.
Detection of GRB with water Cherenkov detectors.
Nucl. Instrum. Meth., A553:299--303, 2005.
X. Bertou, P. Billoir, O. Deligny, C. Lachaud, and A. Letessier-Selvon.
Tau neutrinos in the auger observatory: A new window to uhecr sources.
Astroparticle Physics, 17:183--193, 2002.
X. Bertou, P. Billoir, and S. Dagoret-Campagne.
LPM effect and pair production in the geomagnetic field: a signature of ultra-high energy photons in the Pierre Auger Observatory.
Astroparticle Physics, 14:121--130, 2000.
Xavier Bertou, Murat Boratav, and Antoine Letessier-Selvon.
Physics of extremely high energy cosmic rays.
Int. J. Mod. Phys., A15:2181--2224, 2000.
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