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Measurement of the cosmic p+He energy spectrum from 50 GeV to 0.5 PeV with the DAMPE space mission

Recent observations of the light component of the cosmic-ray spectrum have revealed unexpected features that motivate further and more precise measurements up to the highest energies. The Dark Matter Particle Explorer is a satellite-based…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-08-15 DAMPE Collaboration , F. Alemanno , C. Altomare , Q. An , P. Azzarello , F. C. T. Barbato , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , I. Cagnoli , M. S. Cai , E. Casilli , E. Catanzani , J. Chang , D. Y. Chen , J. L. Chen , Z. F. Chen , P. Coppin , M. Y. Cui , T. S. Cui , Y. X. Cui , H. T. Dai , A. De Benedittis , I. De Mitri , F. de Palma , M. Deliyergiyev , A. Di Giovanni , M. Di Santo , Q. Ding , T. K. Dong , Z. X. Dong , G. Donvito , D. Droz , J. L. Duan , K. K. Duan , R. R. Fan , Y. Z. Fan , F. Fang , K. Fang , C. Q. Feng , L. Feng , M. Fernandez Alonso , J. M. Frieden , P. Fusco , M. Gao , F. Gargano , K. Gong , Y. Z. Gong , D. Y. Guo , J. H. Guo , S. X. Han , Y. M. Hu , G. S. Huang , X. Y. Huang , Y. Y. Huang , M. Ionica , L. Y. Jiang , Y. Z. Jiang , W. Jiang , J. Kong , A. Kotenko , D. Kyratzis , S. J. Lei , W. H. Li , W. L. Li , X. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. M. Liang , C. M. Liu , H. Liu , J. Liu , S. B. Liu , Y. Liu , F. Loparco , C. N. Luo , M. Ma , P. X. Ma , T. Ma , X. Y. Ma , G. Marsella , M. N. Mazziotta , D. Mo , M. Muñoz Salinas , X. Y. Niu , X. Pan , A. Parenti , W. X. Peng , X. Y. Peng , C. Perrina , E. Putti-Garcia , R. Qiao , J. N. Rao , A. Ruina , Z. Shangguan , W. H. Shen , Z. Q. Shen , Z. T. Shen , L. Silveri , J. X. Song , M. Stolpovskiy , H. Su , M. Su , H. R. Sun , Z. Y. Sun , A. Surdo , X. J. Teng , A. Tykhonov , J. Z. Wang , L. G. Wang , S. Wang , S. X. Wang , X. L. Wang , Y. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Y. Z. Wang , Z. M. Wang , D. M. Wei , J. J. Wei , Y. F. Wei , D. Wu , J. Wu , L. B. Wu , S. S. Wu , X. Wu , Z. Q. Xia , H. T. Xu , J. Xu , Z. H. Xu , Z. L. Xu , E. H. Xu , Z. Z. Xu , G. F. Xue , H. B. Yang , P. Yang , Y. Q. Yang , H. J. Yao , Y. H. Yu , G. W. Yuan , Q. Yuan , C. Yue , J. J. Zang , S. X. Zhang , W. Z. Zhang , Yan Zhang , Yi Zhang , Y. J. Zhang , Y. L. Zhang , Y. P. Zhang , Y. Q. Zhang , Z. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , C. Zhao , H. Y. Zhao , X. F. Zhao , C. Y. Zhou , Y. Zhu

TeV dark matter and the DAMPE electron excess

The recent high energy electron and positron flux observed by the DAMPE experiment indicates possible excess events near 1.4 TeV. Such an excess may be evidence of dark matter annihilations or decays in a dark matter subhalo that is located…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-08-22 Xuewen Liu , Zuowei Liu

Dark Matter Annihilation from Nearby Ultra-compact Micro Halos to Explain the Tentative Excess at ~1.4 TeV in DAMPE data

The tentative 1.4 TeV excess in the $e^+e^-$ spectrum measured by The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) motivates the possible existence of one or more local dark matter concentrated regions. In particular, Ultra-compact Micro Halos…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-13 Fengwei Yang , Meng Su , Yue Zhao

A study of energy correction for the electron beam data in the BGO ECAL of the DAMPE

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

In-flight performance of the DAMPE silicon tracker

DAMPE (DArk Matter Particle Explorer) is a spaceborne high-energy cosmic ray and gamma-ray detector, successfully launched in December 2015. It is designed to probe astroparticle physics in the broad energy range from few GeV to 100 TeV.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-03 A. Tykhonov , G. Ambrosi , R. Asfandiyarov , P. Azzarello , P. Bernardini , B. Bertucci , A. Bolognini , F. Cadoux , A. D'Amone , A. De Benedittis , I. De Mitri , M. Di Santo , Y. F. Dong , M. Duranti , D. D'Urso , R. R. Fan , P. Fusco , V. Gallo , M. Gao , F. Gargano , S. Garrappa , K. Gong , M. Ionica , D. La Marra , F. Loparco , G. Marsella , M. N. Mazziotta , W. X. Peng , R. Qiao , M. M. Salinas , A. Surdo , V. Vagelli , S. Vitillo , H. Y. Wang , J. Z. Wang , Z. M. Wang , D. Wu , X. Wu , F. Zhang , J. Y. Zhang , H. Zhao , S. Zimmer

DAMPE excess from decaying right-handed neutrino dark matter

The flux of high-energy cosmic-ray electrons plus positrons recently measured by the DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) exhibits a tentative peak excess at an energy of around $1.4$ TeV. In this paper, we consider the minimal gauged…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-09-03 Nobuchika Okada , Osamu Seto

Dark matter gets DAMPE

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) recently reported an excess of electrons/positrons above expected background fluxes even when a double power-law background spectrum is assumed. Several dark matter models that involve TeV-scale…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-05-03 Geoff Beck , Sergio Colafrancesco

Measurement of the cosmic ray helium energy spectrum from 70 GeV to 80 TeV with the DAMPE space mission

The measurement of the energy spectrum of cosmic ray helium nuclei from 70 GeV to 80 TeV using 4.5 years of data recorded by the DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is reported in this work. A hardening of the spectrum is observed at an…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-09 F. Alemanno , Q. An , P. Azzarello , F. C. T. Barbato , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , M. S. Cai , E. Catanzani , J. Chang , D. Y. Chen , J. L. Chen , Z. F. Chen , M. Y. Cui , T. S. Cui , Y. X. Cui , H. T. Dai , A. D'Amone , A. De Benedittis , I. De Mitri , F. de Palma , M. Deliyergiyev , M. Di Santo , T. K. Dong , Z. X. Dong , G. Donvito , D. Droz , J. L. Duan , K. K. Duan , D. D'Urso , R. R. Fan , Y. Z. Fan , K. Fang , F. Fang , C. Q. Feng , L. Feng , P. Fusco , M. Gao , F. Gargano , K. Gong , Y. Z. Gong , D. Y. Guo , J. H. Guo , X. L. Guo , S. X. Han , Y. M. Hu , G. S. Huang , X. Y. Huang , Y. Y. Huang , M. Ionica , W. Jiang , J. Kong , A. Kotenko , D. Kyratzis , S. J. Lei , S. Li , W. L. Li , X. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. M. Liang , C. M. Liu , H. Liu , J. Liu , S. B. Liu , W. Q. Liu , Y. Liu , F. Loparco , C. N. Luo , M. Ma , P. X. Ma , T. Ma , X. Y. Ma , G. Marsella , M. N. Mazziotta , D. Mo , X. Y. Niu , X. Pan , A. Parenti , W. X. Peng , X. Y. Peng , C. Perrina , R. Qiao , J. N. Rao , A. Ruina , M. M. Salinas , G. Z. Shang , W. H. Shen , Z. Q. Shen , Z. T. Shen , L. Silveri , J. X. Song , M. Stolpovskiy , H. Su , M. Su , Z. Y. Sun , A. Surdo , X. J. Teng , A. Tykhonov , H. Wang , J. Z. Wang , L. G. Wang , S. Wang , X. L. Wang , Y. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Y. Z. Wang , Z. M. Wang , D. M. Wei , J. J. Wei , Y. F. Wei , S. C. Wen , D. Wu , J. Wu , L. B. Wu , S. S. Wu , X. Wu , Z. Q. Xia , H. T. Xu , Z. H. Xu , Z. L. Xu , Z. Z. Xu , G. F. Xue , H. B. Yang , P. Yang , Y. Q. Yang , H. J. Yao , Y. H. Yu , G. W. Yuan , Q. Yuan , C. Yue , J. J. Zang , F. Zhang , S. X. Zhang , W. Z. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. J. Zhang , Y. L. Zhang , Y. P. Zhang , Y. Q. Zhang , Z. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , C. Zhao , H. Y. Zhao , X. F. Zhao , C. Y. Zhou , Y. Zhu

Scalar dark matter, Type II Seesaw and the DAMPE cosmic ray $e^+ + e^-$ excess

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) has reported a measurement of the flux of high energy cosmic ray electrons plus positrons (CREs) in the energy range between $25$ GeV and $4.6$ TeV. With unprecedented high energy resolution, the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-02-07 Tong Li , Nobuchika Okada , Qaisar Shafi

Explanations of the DAMPE high energy electron/positron spectrum in the dark matter annihilation and pulsar scenarios

Many studies have shown that either the nearby astrophysical source or dark matter (DM) annihilation/decay is required to explain the origin of high energy cosmic ray (CR) $e^\pm$, which are measured by many experiments, such as PAMELA and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-12-12 Bing-Bing Wang , Xiao-Jun Bi , Su-Jie Lin , Peng-fei Yin

Confronting the DAMPE Excess with the Scotogenic Type-II Seesaw Model

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) has observed a tentative peak at $E\sim1.4~\TeV$ in the cosmic-ray electron spectrum. In this paper, we interpret this excess in the scotogenic type-II seesaw model. This model extends the canonical…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-06-22 Ran Ding , Zhi-Long Han , Lei Feng , Bin Zhu

Internal alignment and position resolution of the silicon tracker of DAMPE determined with orbit data

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a space-borne particle detector designed to probe electrons and gamma-rays in the few GeV to 10 TeV energy range, as well as cosmic-ray proton and nuclei components between 10 GeV and 100 TeV.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-03-23 A. Tykhonov , G. Ambrosi , R. Asfandiyarov , P. Azzarello , P. Bernardini , B. Bertucci , A. Bolognini , F. Cadoux , A. D'Amone , A. De Benedittis , I. De Mitri , M. Di Santo , Y. F. Dong , M. Duranti , D. D'Urso , R. R. Fan , P. Fusco , V. Gallo , M. Gao , F. Gargano , S. Garrappa , K. Gong , M. Ionica , D. La Marra , S. J. Lei , X. Li , F. Loparco , G. Marsella , M. N. Mazziotta , W. X. Peng , R. Qiao , M. M. Salinas , A. Surdo , V. Vagelli , S. Vitillo , H. Y. Wang , J. Z. Wang , D. Wu , X. Wu , F. Zhang , J. Y. Zhang , H. Zhao , S. Zimmer

Cosmic ray $e^{+} e^{-}$ spectrum excess and peak feature observed by the DAMPE experiment from dark matter

The Chinese satellite Wukong, also known as the DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), has released its observation data of the cosmic ray (CR) electrons and positrons. The data shows an excess in the energy spectrum up to TeV energy, and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-12-19 Hong-Bo Jin , Bin Yue , Xin Zhang , Xuelei Chen

Two-mediator dark matter models and cosmic electron excess

The cosmic electron energy spectrum recently observed by the DAMPE experiment exhibits two interesting features, including a break around 0.9 TeV and a sharp resonance near 1.4 TeV. In this analysis, we propose a dark matter explanation to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-10-12 Xuewen Liu , Zuowei Liu , Yushan Su

On-orbit calibration and long-term performance of the DAMPE trigger system

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a satellite-borne particle detector for measurements of high-energy cosmic rays and {\gamma}-rays. DAMPE has been operating smoothly in space for more than 8 years since launch on December 17,…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-09-06 Wen-Hao Li , Chuan Yue , Yong-Qiang Zhang , Jian-Hua Guo , Qiang Yuan

Latest results from the DAMPE space mission

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a space-based particle detector launched on December 17th, 2015 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (China). The main goals of the DAMPE mission are the study of galactic cosmic rays (CR),…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-14 Francesca Alemanno

Theoretical interpretations of DAMPE first results: a critical review

The DAMPE experiment recently published its first results on the lepton ($e^+ + e^-$) cosmic-ray (CRs) flux. These results are of importance since they account for the first direct detection of the lepton break around the energy of 1 TeV…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-06-19 Yoann Genolini

Determination of the absolute energy scale of the DAMPE calorimeter with the geomagnetic rigidity cutoff method

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

Measurement of separate electron and positron spectra from 10 GeV to 20GeV with the geomagnetic field on DAMPE

The cosmic-ray (CR) electrons and positrons in space are of great significance for studying the origin and propagation of cosmic-rays. The satellite-borne experiment DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) has been used to measure the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-08-25 DAMPE Collaboration , F. Alemanno , Q. An , P. Azzarello , F. C. T. Barbato , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , H. Boutin , I. Cagnoli , M. S. Cai , E. Casilli , E. Catanzani , J. Chang , D. Y. Chen , J. L. Chen , Z. F. Chen , Z. X. Chen , P. Coppin , M. Y. Cui , T. S. Cui , Y. X. Cui , I. DeMitri , F. dePalma , A. DiGiovanni , T. K. Dong , Z. X. Dong , G. Donvito , D. Droz , J. L. Duan , K. K. Duan , R. R. Fan , Y. Z. Fan , F. Fang , K. Fang , C. Q. Feng , L. Feng , J. M. Frieden , P. Fusco , M. Gao , F. Gargano , E. Ghose , K. Gong , Y. Z. Gong , D. Y. Guo , J. H. Guo , S. X. Han , Y. M. Hu , G. S. Huang , X. Y. Huang , Y. Y. Huang , M. Ionica , L. Y. Jiang , Y. Z. Jiang , W. Jiang , J. Kong , A. Kotenko , D. Kyratzis , S. J. Lei , M. B. Li , W. H. Li , W. L. Li , X. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. M. Liang , C. M. Liu , H. Liu , J. Liu , S. B. Liu , Y. Liu , F. Loparco , C. N. Luo , M. Ma , P. X. Ma , T. Ma , X. Y. Ma , G. Marsella , M. N. Mazziotta , D. Mo , Y. Nie , X. Y. Niu , A. Parenti , W. X. Peng , X. Y. Peng , C. Perrina , E. Putti-Garcia , R. Qiao , J. N. Rao , Y. Rong , R. Sarkar , P. Savina , A. Serpolla , Z. Shangguan , W. H. Shen , Z. Q. Shen , Z. T. Shen , L. Silveri , J. X. Song , M. Stolpovskiy , H. Su , M. Su , H. R. Sun , Z. Y. Sun , A. Surdo , X. J. Teng , A. Tykhonov , G. F. Wang , J. Z. Wang , L. G. Wang , S. Wang , X. L. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Y. Wang , D. M. Wei , J. J. Wei , Y. F. Wei , D. Wu , J. Wu , S. S. Wu , X. Wu , Z. Q. Xia , Z. Xiong , E. H. Xu , H. T. Xu , J. Xu , Z. H. Xu , Z. L. Xu , Z. Z. Xu , G. F. Xue , H. B. Yang , P. Yang , Y. Q. Yang , H. J. Yao , M. Y. Yan , Y. H. Yu , Q. Yuan , C. Yue , J. J. Zang , S. X. Zhang , W. Z. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. J. Zhang , Y. L. Zhang , Y. P. Zhang , Y. Q. Zhang , Z. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , C. Zhao , H. Y. Zhao , X. F. Zhao , C. Y. Zhou , Y. Zhu

Machine-learning correction for the calorimeter saturation of cosmic-ray ions with the Dark Matter Particle Explorer: towards the PeV scale

The Dark MAtter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) instrument is a space-borne cosmic-ray detector, capable of measuring ion fluxes up to $\sim$500 TeV/n. This energy scale is made accessible through its calorimeter, which is the deepest currently…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-01-23 Andrea Serpolla , Andrii Tykhonov , Paul Coppin , Manbing Li , Andrii Kotenko , Enzo Putti-Garcia , Hugo Valentin Boutin , Mikhail Stolpovskiy , Jennifer Maria Frieden , Chiara Perrina , Xin Wu