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The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), also known as Wukong in China, launched on December 17, 2015, is a new high energy cosmic ray and {\gamma}-ray satellite-borne observatory in space. One of the main scientific goals of DAMPE is to…

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), a high energy cosmic ray and $\gamma$-ray detector in space, has recently reported the new measurement of the total electron plus positron flux between 25 GeV and 4.6 TeV. A spectral softening at…

The Plastic Scintillator Detector (PSD) of the DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is designed to measure cosmic ray charge (Z) and to act as a veto detector for gamma-ray identification. In order to fully exploit the charge…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-19 Peng-Xiong Ma , Yong-Jie Zhang , Ya-Peng Zhang , Yao Li , Jing-Jing Zang , Xiang Li , Tie-Kuang Dong , Yi-Zhong Fan , Shi-Jun Lei , Jian Wu , Yu-Hong Yu , Qiang Yuan , Chuan Yue , Zhi-Yu Sun

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is one of the four satellites within Strategic Pioneer Research Program in Space Science of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS). DAMPE can detect electrons, photons and ions in a wide energy range…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-23 Rui Qiao , Wen-Xi Peng , Dong-Ya Guo , Hao Zhao , Huan-Yu Wang

The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a satellite-borne detector designed to detect high-energy cosmic ray particles with its core component being a BGO calorimeter capable of measuring energies from $\sim$GeV to $O(100)$ TeV. The 32…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-10-07 JingJing Zang , Chuan Yue , Qiang Yuan , Wei Jiang , Xiang Li , Yunlong Zhang , Cong Zhao , Fabio Gargano

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is an orbital experiment aiming at searching for dark matter indirectly by measuring the spectra of photons, electrons and positrons originating from deep space. The BGO electromagnetic calorimeter…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-11 Zhiying Li , Zhiyong Zhang , Yifeng Wei , Chi Wang , Yunlong Zhang , Sicheng Wen , Xiaolian Wang , Zizong Xu , Guangshun Huang

DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a general purpose high energy cosmic ray and gamma ray observatory, aiming to detect high energy electrons and gammas in the energy range 5 GeV to 10 TeV and hundreds of TeV for nuclei. This paper…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-25 Hao Zhao , Wen-Xi Peng , Huan-Yu Wang , Rui Qiao , Dong-Ya Guo , Hong Xiao , Zhao-Min Wang

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), one of the four space-based scientific missions within the framework of the Strategic Pioneer Program on Space Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has been successfully launched on Dec.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-09-30 Yong-Yi Huang , Tao Ma , Chuan Yue , Yan Zhang , Jin Chang , Tie-Kuang Dong , Yong-Qiang Zhang

The DarkSide-20k (DS-20k) detector is designed to directly search for dark matter by detecting weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) scattering off nuclei in a 20 tonnes target of low radioactivity Argon from underground sources, in…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-02-24 Maria Adriana Sabia

The DAMPE (DArk Matter Particle Explorer) is a scientific satellite being developed in China, aimed at cosmic ray study, gamma ray astronomy, and searching for the clue of dark matter particles, with a planned mission period of more than 3…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-06-17 Changqing Feng , Deliang Zhang , Junbin Zhang , Shanshan Gao , Di Yang , Yunlong Zhang , Shubin Liu , Qi An

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a space-based instrument for detecting GeV-TeV cosmic rays and gamma rays. High-energy cosmic rays could be emitted from several dark matter candidates theoretically, such as the heavy dark…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-03-18 Tian-Ci Liu , Ben-Yang Zhu , Yun-Feng Liang , Xiao-Song Hu , En-Wei Liang

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a space-borne high energy cosmic-ray and $\gamma$-ray detector which operates smoothly since the launch on December 17, 2015. The bismuth germanium oxide (BGO) calorimeter is one of the key…

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) developed in China was designed to search for evidence of dark matter particles by observing primary cosmic rays and gamma rays in the energy range from 5 GeV to 10 TeV. Since its launch in December…

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) experiment has recently announced the first results for the measurement of total electron plus positron fluxes between 25 GeV and 4.6 TeV. A spectral break at about 0.9 TeV and a tentative peak…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-04-24 Jia-Shu Niu , Tianjun Li , Fang-Zhou Xu

The major scientific goals of DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) are to study cosmic-ray electrons (including positrons) and gamma rays from 5 GeV to 10 TeV and nuclei from Z = 1 to 26 up to 100 TeV. The deposited energy measured by the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-09-02 Libo Wu , Yunlong Zhang , Zhiyong Zhang , Yifeng Wei , Sicheng Wen , Haoting Dai , Chengming Liu , Xiaolian Wang , Zizong Xu , Guangshun Huang

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a space experiment designed to search for dark matter indirectly by measuring the spectra of photons, electrons, and positrons up to 10 TeV. The BGO electromagnetic calorimeter (ECAL) is its main…

Dark Matter In CCDs (DAMIC) is a silicon detector apparatus used primarily for searching for low-mass dark matter using the silicon bulk of Charge-Coupled Devices (CCDs) as targets. The silicon target within each CCD is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-03-09 Steven Juhyung Lee , Ben Kilminster , Anna Macchiolo

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) can measure $\gamma$-rays in the energy range from a few GeV to about 10 TeV. The direction of each $\gamma$-ray is reconstructed with respect to the reference system of the DAMPE payload. In this…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-08 Wei Jiang , Xiang Li , Kai-Kai Duan , Zhao-Qiang Shen , Zun-Lei Xu , Jing-Jing Zang , Shi-Jun Lei , Qiang Yuan

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a satellite-borne detector for high-energy cosmic rays and $\gamma$-rays. To fully understand the detector performance and obtain reliable physical results, extensive simulations of the detector…