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O-7 - Auger energy scale is calorimetric and hadronic-model independent with about 14 percent systematic

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O-7
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The energy scale is set calorimetrically from fluorescence-detector measurements, independent of hadronic-interaction models and primary-composition assumptions, with an overall systematic uncertainty of ~14% on the energy scale.
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S-5 - Measurement of the cosmic-ray energy spectrum using the Pierre Auger Observatory
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Energy-calibration section; systematic-uncertainty discussion

Load-bearing for the survival argument: the claim that cosmic-ray energies genuinely exceed LHC energies by orders of magnitude cannot be an artifact of shower-modelling assumptions, and a 14% energy-scale error is negligible against the ~10^3 energy margin.

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