The DArk Matter Particle Explorer mission
Abstract
The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), one of the four scientific space science missions within the framework of the Strategic Pioneer Program on Space Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is a general purpose high energy cosmic-ray and gamma-ray observatory, which was successfully launched on December 17th, 2015 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. The DAMPE scientific objectives include the study of galactic cosmic rays up to TeV and hundreds of TeV for electrons/gammas and nuclei respectively, and the search for dark matter signatures in their spectra. In this paper we illustrate the layout of the DAMPE instrument, and discuss the results of beam tests and calibrations performed on ground. Finally we present the expected performance in space and give an overview of the mission key scientific goals.
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@article{arxiv.1706.08453,
title = {The DArk Matter Particle Explorer mission},
author = {J. Chang and G. Ambrosi and Q. An and R. Asfandiyarov and P. Azzarello and P. Bernardini and B. Bertucci and M. S. Cai and M. Caragiulo and D. Y. Chen and H. F. Chen and J. L. Chen and W. Chen and M. Y. Cui and T. S. Cui and A. D'Amone and A. De Benedittis and I. De Mitri and M. Di Santo and J. N. Dong and T. K. Dong and Y. F. Dong and Z. X. Dong and G. Donvito and D. Droz and K. K. Duan and J. L. Duan and M. Duranti and D. D'Urso and R. R. Fan and Y. Z. Fan and F. Fang and C. Q. Feng and L. Feng and P. Fusco and V. Gallo and F. J. Gan and W. Q. Gan and M. Gao and S. S. Gao and F. Gargano and K. Gong and Y. Z. Gong and J. H. Guo and Y. M. Hu and G. S. Huang and Y. Y. Huang and M. Ionica and D. Jiang and W. Jiang and X. Jin and J. Kong and S. J. Lei and S. Li and X. Li and W. L. Li and Y. Li and Y. F. Liang and Y. M. Liang and N. H. Liao and Q. Z. Liu and H. Liu and J. Liu and S. B. Liu and Q. Z. Liu and W. Q. Liu and Y. Liu and F. Loparco and J. Lü and M. Ma and P. X. Ma and S. Y. Ma and T. Ma and X. Q. Ma and X. Y. Ma and G. Marsella and M. N. Mazziotta and D. Mo and T. T. Miao and X. Y. Niu and M. Pohl and X. Y. Peng and W. X. Peng and R. Qiao and J. N. Rao and M. M. Salinas and G. Z. Shang and W. H. Shen and Z. Q. Shen and Z. T. Shen and J. X. Song and H. Su and M. Su and Z. Y. Sun and A. Surdo and X. J. Teng and X. B. Tian and A. Tykhonov and V. Vagelli and S. Vitillo and C. Wang and Chi Wang and H. Wang and H. Y. Wang and J. Z. Wang and L. G. Wang and Q. Wang and S. Wang and X. H. Wang and X. L. Wang and Y. F. Wang and Y. P. Wang and Y. Z. Wang and S. C. Wen and Z. M. Wang and D. M. Wei and J. J. Wei and Y. F. Wei and D. Wu and J. Wu and S. S. Wu and X. Wu and K. Xi and Z. Q. Xia and Y. L. Xin and H. T. Xu and Z. L. Xu and Z. Z. Xu and G. F. Xue and H. B. Yang and J. Yang and P. Yang and Y. Q. Yang and Z. L. Yang and H. J. Yao and Y. H. Yu and Q. Yuan and C. Yue and J. J. Zang and C. Zhang and D. L. Zhang and F. Zhang and J. B. Zhang and J. Y. Zhang and J. Z. Zhang and L. Zhang and P. F. Zhang and S. X. Zhang and W. Z. Zhang and Y. Zhang and Y. J. Zhang and Y. Q. Zhang and Y. L. Zhang and Y. P. Zhang and Z. Zhang and Z. Y. Zhang and H. Zhao and H. Y. Zhao and X. F. Zhao and C. Y. Zhou and Y. Zhou and X. Zhu and Y. Zhu and S. Zimmer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.08453},
year = {2017}
}
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45 pages, including 29 figures and 6 tables. Published in Astropart. Phys