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Results on high energy galactic cosmic rays from the DAMPE space mission

DAMPE (Dark Matter Particle Explorer) is a satellite-born experiment launched in 2015 in a sun-synchronous orbit at 500 km altitude, and it has been taking data in stable conditions ever since. Its main goals include the spectral…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-22 Leandro Silveri

The silicon matrix for the prototype for the Dark Matter Particle Explorer

A new generation detector for the high energy cosmic ray - the DAMPE(DArk Matter Particle Explorer) is a satellite based project. Its main object is the measurement of energy spectrum of cosmic ray nuclei from 100GeV to 100TeV, the high…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2014-05-20 R. R. Fan , F. Zhang , W. X. Peng , Y. F. Dong , K. Gong , S. Yang , D. Y. Guo , J. Z. Wang , M. Gao , X. H. Liang , J. Y. Zhang , X. Z. Cui , Y. Q. Liu , H. Y. Wang

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

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

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 space mission: first data

The DAMPE (DArk Matter Particle Explorer) satellite was launched on December 17, 2015 and started its data taking operation a few days later. DAMPE has a large geometric factor ($\sim~0.3\ m^2\ sr$) and provides good tracking, calorimetric…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-01-19 F. Gargano

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

A machine learning method to separate cosmic ray electrons from protons from 10 to 100 GeV using DAMPE data

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 mission

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…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-15 J. Chang , G. Ambrosi , Q. An , R. Asfandiyarov , P. Azzarello , P. Bernardini , B. Bertucci , M. S. Cai , M. Caragiulo , D. Y. Chen , H. F. Chen , J. L. Chen , W. Chen , M. Y. Cui , T. S. Cui , A. D'Amone , A. De Benedittis , I. De Mitri , M. Di Santo , J. N. Dong , T. K. Dong , Y. F. Dong , Z. X. Dong , G. Donvito , D. Droz , K. K. Duan , J. L. Duan , M. Duranti , D. D'Urso , R. R. Fan , Y. Z. Fan , F. Fang , C. Q. Feng , L. Feng , P. Fusco , V. Gallo , F. J. Gan , W. Q. Gan , M. Gao , S. S. Gao , F. Gargano , K. Gong , Y. Z. Gong , J. H. Guo , Y. M. Hu , G. S. Huang , Y. Y. Huang , M. Ionica , D. Jiang , W. Jiang , X. Jin , J. Kong , S. J. Lei , S. Li , X. Li , W. L. Li , Y. Li , Y. F. Liang , Y. M. Liang , N. H. Liao , Q. Z. Liu , H. Liu , J. Liu , S. B. Liu , Q. Z. Liu , W. Q. Liu , Y. Liu , F. Loparco , J. Lü , M. Ma , P. X. Ma , S. Y. Ma , T. Ma , X. Q. Ma , X. Y. Ma , G. Marsella , M. N. Mazziotta , D. Mo , T. T. Miao , X. Y. Niu , M. Pohl , X. Y. Peng , W. X. Peng , R. Qiao , J. N. Rao , M. M. Salinas , G. Z. Shang , W. H. Shen , Z. Q. Shen , Z. T. Shen , J. X. Song , H. Su , M. Su , Z. Y. Sun , A. Surdo , X. J. Teng , X. B. Tian , A. Tykhonov , V. Vagelli , S. Vitillo , C. Wang , Chi Wang , H. Wang , H. Y. Wang , J. Z. Wang , L. G. Wang , Q. Wang , S. Wang , X. H. Wang , X. L. Wang , Y. F. Wang , Y. P. Wang , Y. Z. Wang , S. C. Wen , Z. M. Wang , D. M. Wei , J. J. Wei , Y. F. Wei , D. Wu , J. Wu , S. S. Wu , X. Wu , K. Xi , Z. Q. Xia , Y. L. Xin , H. T. Xu , Z. L. Xu , Z. Z. Xu , G. F. Xue , H. B. Yang , J. Yang , P. Yang , Y. Q. Yang , Z. L. Yang , H. J. Yao , Y. H. Yu , Q. Yuan , C. Yue , J. J. Zang , C. Zhang , D. L. Zhang , F. Zhang , J. B. Zhang , J. Y. Zhang , J. Z. Zhang , L. Zhang , P. F. Zhang , S. X. Zhang , W. Z. Zhang , Y. Zhang , Y. J. Zhang , Y. Q. Zhang , Y. L. Zhang , Y. P. Zhang , Z. Zhang , Z. Y. Zhang , H. Zhao , H. Y. Zhao , X. F. Zhao , C. Y. Zhou , Y. Zhou , X. Zhu , Y. Zhu , S. Zimmer

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

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

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

A neural network classifier for electron identification on the DAMPE experiment

The Dark Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a space-borne particle detector and cosmic ray observatory in operation since 2015, designed to probe electrons and gamma rays from a few GeV to 10 TeV energy, as well as cosmic protons and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-11 David Droz , Andrii Tykhonov , Xin Wu , Francesca Alemanno , Giovanni Ambrosi , Enrico Catanzani , Margherita Di Santo , Dimitrios Kyratzis , Stephan Zimmer

PSF Calibration of DAMPE for gamma-ray Observations

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is dedicated to exploring critical scientific domains including the indirect detection of dark matter, cosmic ray physics, and gamma ray astronomy. This study introduces a novel method for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-01 Kai-Kai Duan , Zhao-Qiang Shen , Zun-Lei Xu , Wei Jiang , Xiang Li

Observations of the Fermi bubbles and the Galactic center excess with the DArk Matter Particle Explorer

The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE) is a space-borne high-energy particle detector that surveys the $\gamma$-ray sky above$\sim 2~\rm GeV$ with a peak acceptance of $\sim 0.2~\rm m^2\,sr$. With the 102 months of data collected by…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2026-05-15 F. Alemanno , Q. An , P. Azzarello , F. C. T. Barbato , P. Bernardini , X. J. Bi , H. 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. 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 , 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 , 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 , 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 , X. Zhu , Y. Zhu

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

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

An algorithm to resolve {\gamma}-rays from charged cosmic rays with DAMPE

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…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-04-04 Z. L. Xu , K. K. Duan , Z. Q. Shen , S. J. Lei , T. K. Dong , F. Gargano , S. Garrappa , D. Y. Guo , W. Jiang , X. Li , Y. F. Liang , M. N. Mazziotta , M. M. Salinas , M. Su , V. Vagelli , Q. Yuan , C. Yue , J. J. Zang , Y. P. Zhang , Y. L. Zhang , S. Zimmer

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

Constraining the parameters of heavy dark matter and memory-burdened primordial black holes with DAMPE electron measurements

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