The on-orbit calibration of DArk Matter Particle Explorer
Abstract
The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), a satellite-based cosmic ray and gamma-ray detector, was launched on December 17, 2015, and began its on-orbit operation on December 24, 2015. In this work we document the on-orbit calibration procedures used by DAMPE and report the calibration results of the Plastic Scintillator strip Detector (PSD), the Silicon-Tungsten tracKer-converter (STK), the BGO imaging calorimeter (BGO), and the Neutron Detector (NUD). The results are obtained using Galactic cosmic rays, bright known GeV gamma-ray sources, and charge injection into the front-end electronics of each sub-detector. The determination of the boundary of the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA), the measurement of the live time, and the alignments of the detectors are also introduced. The calibration results demonstrate the stability of the detectors in almost two years of the on-orbit operation.
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@article{arxiv.1907.02173,
title = {The on-orbit calibration of DArk Matter Particle Explorer},
author = {G. Ambrosi and Q. An and R. Asfandiyarov and P. Azzarello and P. Bernardini and M. S. Cai and M. Caragiulo and J. Chang and D. Y. Chen and H. F. Chen and J. L. Chen and W. Chen and M. Y. Cui and T. S. Cui and H. T. Dai and A. D'Amone and A. De Benedittis and I. De Mitri and M. Ding and M. Di Santo and J. N. Dong and T. K. Dong and Y. F. Dong and Z. X. Dong and D. Droz and K. K. Duan and J. L. Duan 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 M. Gao and S. S. Gao and F. Gargano and S. Garrappa 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 C. M. Liu and H. Liu and J. Liu and S. B. Liu and W. Q. Liu and Y. Liu and F. Loparco 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 X. Y. Niu and X. Pan 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 S. Vitillo and C. 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 Z. M. Wang and S. C. Wen and D. M. Wei and J. J. Wei and Y. F. Wei and D. Wu and J. Wu and L. B. 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. H. Xu and Z. L. Xu and Z. Z. Xu and G. F. Xue and H. B. 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 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:1907.02173},
year = {2019}
}