Editor: S. DodelsonWe report a measurement of the flux of cosmic rays with unprecedented precision and statistics using the Pierre Auger Observatory. Based on fluorescence observations in coincidence with at least one surface detector we derive a spectrum for energies above 10 18 eV. We also update the previously published energy spectrum obtained with the surface detector array. The two spectra are combined addressing the systematic uncertainties and, in particular, the influence of the energy resolution on the spectral shape.
242Pierre Auger Collaboration / Physics Letters B 685 (2010) The spectrum can be described by a broken power law E −γ with index γ = 3.3 below the ankle which is measured at log 10 (E ankle /eV) = 18.6. Above the ankle the spectrum is described by a power law with index 2.6 followed by a flux suppression, above about log 10 (E/eV) = 19.5, detected with high statistical significance.
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