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Optimal gamma-ray selections for monochromatic line searches with DAMPE

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a space high-energy cosmic-ray detector covering a wide energy band with a high energy resolution. One of the key scientific goals of DAMPE is to carry out indirect detection of dark matter by…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2021-11-12 Zun-Lei Xu , Kai-Kai Duan , Wei Jiang , Shi-Jun Lei , Xiang Li , Zhao-Qiang Shen , Tao Ma , Meng Su , Qiang Yuan , Chuan Yue , Yi-Zhong Fan , Jin Chang

Dark matter gets DAMPE at high energies

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) mission revealed a break in the spectrum of cosmic-ray electons and positrons. This is associated with an excess above the expected backgrounds at energies around 1 TeV. Several authors have argued…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-21 Geoff Beck , Sergio Colafrancesco

Interpretations of the DAMPE electron data

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…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-30 Qiang Yuan , Lei Feng , Peng-Fei Yin , Yi-Zhong Fan , Xiao-Jun Bi , Ming-Yang Cui , Tie-Kuang Dong , Yi-Qing Guo , Kun Fang , Hong-Bo Hu , Xiaoyuan Huang , Shi-Jun Lei , Xiang Li , Su-Jie Lin , Hao Liu , Peng-Xiong Ma , Wen-Xi Peng , Rui Qiao , Zhao-Qiang Shen , Meng Su , Yi-Feng Wei , Zun-Lei Xu , Chuan Yue , Jing-Jing Zang , Cun Zhang , Xinmin Zhang , Ya-Peng Zhang , Yong-Jie Zhang , Yun-Long Zhang

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

Investigation of hadronic cross sections of cosmic ray carbon and oxygen on BGO from 200 GeV to 10 TeV energy at the DAMPE experiment

The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) has made significant progress in measuring the fluxes of cosmic rays. These new measurements are pivotal in advancing our understanding of the origins and propagation mechanisms of cosmic rays. The…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2025-09-23 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. De Mitri , F. de Palma , A. Di Giovanni , T. K. Dong , Z. X. Dong , G. Donvito , J. L. Duan , K. K. Duan , R. R. Fan , Y. Z. Fan , F. Fang , K. Fang , C. Q. Feng , L. Feng , 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 , 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 , 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

BGO quenching effect on spectral measurements of cosmic-ray nuclei in DAMPE experiment

The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a satellite-borne detector designed to measure high energy cosmic-rays and $\gamma$-rays. As a key sub-detector of DAMPE, the Bismuth Germanium Oxide (BGO) imaging calorimeter is utilized to…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2023-08-09 Zhan-Fang Chen , Chuan Yue , Wei Jiang , Ming-Yang Cui , Qiang Yuan , Ying Wang , Cong Zhao , Yi-Feng Wei

Machine learning-based method of calorimeter saturation correction for helium flux analysis with DAMPE experiment

DAMPE is a space-borne experiment for the measurement of the cosmic-ray fluxes at energies up to around 100 TeV per nucleon. At energies above several tens of TeV, the electronics of DAMPE calorimeter would saturate, leaving certain bars…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-07-06 Mikhail Stolpovskiy , Xin Wu , Andrii Tykhonov , Maksym Deliyergiyev , Chiara Perrina , Maria Munoz , David Droz , Arshia Ruina , Enrico Catanzani

A deep learning method for the trajectory reconstruction of cosmic rays with the DAMPE mission

A deep learning method for the particle trajectory reconstruction with the DAMPE experiment is presented. The developed algorithms constitute the first fully machine-learned track reconstruction pipeline for space astroparticle missions.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-03 Andrii Tykhonov , Andrii Kotenko , Paul Coppin , Maksym Deliyergiyev , David Droz , Jennifer Maria Frieden , Chiara Perrina , Enzo Putti-Garcia , Arshia Ruina , Mikhail Stolpovskiy , Xin Wu

Search for relativistic fractionally charged particles in space

More than a century after the performance of the oil drop experiment, the possible existence of fractionally charged particles FCP still remains unsettled. The search for FCPs is crucial for some extensions of the Standard Model in particle…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-10-11 DAMPE Collaboration , F. Alemanno , C. Altomare , Q. An , P. Azzarello , F. C. T. Barbato , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , M. S. Cai , E. Casilli , 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. 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 , D. D'Urso , R. R. Fan , Y. Z. Fan , F. Fang , K. Fang , C. Q. Feng , L. Feng , M. F. 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 , W. Jiang , J. Kong , A. Kotenko , D. Kyratzis , S. J. Lei , W. L. Li , W. H. 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. M. Salinas , X. Y. Niu , X. Pan , A. Parenti , W. X. Peng , X. Y. Peng , C. Perrina , 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 , D. M. Wei , J. J. Wei , Y. F. Wei , D. Wu , J. Wu , L. B. Wu , S. S. Wu , X. Wu , Z. Q. Xia , 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 , 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

Single Event Effect Hardness for the Front-end ASICs Applied in BGO Calorimeter of DAMPE Satellite

Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a Chinese scientific satellite designed for cosmic ray study with a primary scientific goal of indirect search of dark matter particles. As a crucial sub-detector, BGO calorimeter measures the energy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-11-20 Shan-Shan Gao , Di Jiang , Chang-Qing Feng , Kai Xi , Shu-Bin Liu , Qi An

Search for Light-Mass Fractionally Charged Particles in Space with DAMPE Experiment

Free Fractionally Charged Particles (FCPs) are predicted by some theories beyond or extended to the standard model. FCPs have been widely searched for by underground and space-based experiments based on the assumption of heavy lepton-like…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-02-25 F. Alemanno , Q. An , P. Azzarello , F. C. T. Barbato , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , H. V. Boutin , I. Cagnoli , M. S. Cai , E. Casilli , J. Chang , D. Y. Chen , J. L. Chen , Z. F. Chen , Z. X. Chen , P. Coppin , M. Y. Cui , T. S. Cui , I. De Mitri , F. de Palma , A. Di Giovanni , T. K. Dong , Z. X. Dong , G. Donvito , J. L. Duan , K. K. Duan , R. R. Fan , Y. Z. Fan , F. Fang , K. Fang , C. Q. Feng , L. Feng , S. Fogliacco , 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 , W. Jiang , Y. Z. Jiang , J. Kong , A. Kotenko , D. Kyratzis , S. J. Lei , B. Li , M. B. Li , W. L. Li , W. H. Li , X. Li , X. Q. Li , Y. M. Liang , C. M. Liu , H. Liu , J. Liu , S. B. Liu , Y. Liu , F. Loparco , 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 , A. Serpolla , R. Sarkar , P. Savina , Z. Shangguan , W. H. Shen , Z. Q. Shen , Z. T. Shen , L. Silveri , J. X. Song , 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 , 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. Z. Xu , Z. L. Xu , G. F. Xue , M. Y. Yan , H. B. Yang , P. Yang , Y. Q. Yang , H. J. Yao , Y. H. Yu , Q. Yuan , C. Yue , J. J. Zang , S. X. Zhang , W. Z. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. P. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. J. Zhang , Y. Q. Zhang , Y. L. Zhang , Z. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , C. Zhao , H. Y. Zhao , X. F. Zhao , C. Y. Zhou , X. Zhu , Y. Zhu

An Unsupervised Machine Learning Method for Electron--Proton Discrimination of the DAMPE Experiment

Galactic cosmic rays are mostly made up of energetic nuclei, with less than $1\%$ of electrons (and positrons). Precise measurement of the electron and positron component requires a very efficient method to reject the nuclei background,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-07 Zhihui Xu , Xiang Li , Mingyang Cui , Chuan Yue , Wei Jiang , Wenhao Li , Qiang Yuan

Energy Reconstruction of Non-fiducial Electron-Positron Events in the DAMPE Experiment Using Convolutional Neural Networks

The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a space-based Cosmic-Ray (CR) observatory with the aim, among others, to study Cosmic-Ray Electrons (CREs) up to 10 TeV. Due to the low CRE rate at multi-TeV energies, we aim to increasing the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-25 Enzo Putti-Garcia , Andrii Tykhonov , Andrii Kotenko , Hugo Boutin , Manbing Li , Paul Coppin , Andrea Serpolla , Jennifer Maria Frieden , Chiara Perrina , Xin Wu

Response of the BGO Calorimeter to Cosmic Ray Nuclei in the DAMPE Experiment on Orbit

This paper is about a study on the response of the BGO calorimeter of DAMPE experiment. Four elements in Cosmic Ray nuclei are used as sources for this analysis. A feature resulting from the geomagnetic cutoff exhibits in the energy…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2020-07-15 H. T. Dai , Y. L. Zhang , J. J. Zang , Z. Y. Zhang , Y. F. Wei , L. B. Wu , C. M. Liu , C. N. Luo , D. Kyratzis , A. De Benedittis , C. Zhao , Y. Wang , P. C. Jiang , Y. Z. Wang , Y. Z. Zhao , X. L. Wang , Z. Z. Xu , G. S. Huang

A Method of Alignment of the Plastic Scintillator Detector of DAMPE

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

Perspective on the cosmic-ray electron spectrum above TeV

The AMS-02 has measured the cosmic ray electron (plus positron) spectrum up to ~TeV with an unprecedent precision. The spectrum can be well described by a power law without any obvious features above 10 GeV. The satellite instrument Dark…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-02-22 Kun Fang , Bing-Bing Wang , Xiao-Jun Bi , Su-Jie Lin , Peng-Fei Yin

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

Flavor Structure of the Cosmic-Ray Electron/Positron Excesses at DAMPE

The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) satellite detector announced its first result for measuring the cosmic-ray electron/positron (CRE) energy spectrum up to 4.6TeV, including a tentative peak-like event excess at (1.3-1.5)TeV. In this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-04-10 Shao-Feng Ge , Hong-Jian He , Yu-Chen Wang

A model explaining neutrino masses and the DAMPE cosmic ray electron excess

We propose a flavored $U(1)_{e\mu}$ neutrino mass and dark matter~(DM) model to explain the recent DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) data, which feature an excess on the cosmic ray electron plus positron flux around 1.4 TeV. Only the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-04-09 Yi-Zhong Fan , Wei-Chih Huang , Martin Spinrath , Yue-Lin Sming Tsai , Qiang Yuan

Search for GeV gamma-ray emission from SPT-CL J2012-5649 with six years of DAMPE data

We search for gamma-ray emission from the galaxy cluster SPT-CL J2012-5649 in the energy range from 3 GeV to 1 TeV using the DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) telescope. For our analysis, we use three different templates: point source,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-08 Siddhant Manna , Shantanu Desai