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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

Performance Evaluation of Pulse Shape Discrimination Capable Organic Scintillators for Space Applications

Scintillators with pulse-shape discrimination (PSD) capability are of great interest to many fields in the scientific community. The ability to discern a gamma ray from a neutron using PSD varies between different types of scintillator…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2021-11-18 M. I. Pinilla-Orjuela , K. E. Mesick , P. F. Bloser , J. R. Tutt

The Design and Performance of Charged Particle Detector onboard the GECAM Mission

The Gravitational Wave highly energetic Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) is dedicated to detecting gravitational wave gamma-ray bursts. It is capable of all-sky monitoring over and discovering gamma-ray bursts and new…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-13 Y. B. Xu , X. L. Sun , S. Yang , X. Q. Li , W. X. Peng , K. Gong , X. H. Liang , Y. Q. Liu , D. Y. Guo , H. Wang , C. Y. Li , Z. H. An , J. J. He , X. J. Liu , S. L. Xiong , X. Y. Wen , Fan Zhang , D. L. Zhang , X. Y. Zhao , C. Y. Zhang , C. Cai , Z. Chang , G. Chen , C. Chen , Y. Y. Du , M. Gao , R. Gao , D. J. Hou , Y. G. Li , G. Li , L. Li , X. F. Li , M. S. Li , F. J. Lu , H. Lu , B. Meng , F. Shi , J. Z. Wang , Y. S. Wang , H. Z. Wang , X. Wen , S. Xiao , Y. P. Xu , J. W. Yang , Q. B. Yi , S. N. Zhang , C. M. Zhang , Fei Zhang , Y. Zhao , X. Zhou

The UV Laser Calibration System for measuring the Electric field in the SBND

The Short Baseline Near Detector (SBND) is a LArTPC detector, located 110 meters from the Fermilab's Booster Neutrino Beam (BNB). It is designed to measure neutrino cross-section and aid in searches for excess electron like neutrino events.…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-05-28 Shivaraj Mulleria Babu

A Novel Approach to Vehicle Pose Estimation using Automotive Radar

This paper presents a set of novel scan-matching techniques for vehicle pose estimation using automotive radar measurements. The proposed approach modifies the Normal Distributions Transform (NDT) -- a state-of-the-art scan-matching SLAM…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-21 Martijn Heller , Nikita Petrov , Alexander Yarovoy

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

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

Extracting particle size distribution from laser speckle with a physics-enhanced autocorrelation-based estimator (PEACE)

Extracting quantitative information about highly scattering surfaces from an imaging system is challenging because the phase of the scattered light undergoes multiple folds upon propagation, resulting in complex speckle patterns. One…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-03 Qihang Zhang , Janaka C. Gamekkanda , Ajinkya Pandit , Wenlong Tang , Charles Papageorgiou , Chris Mitchell , Yihui Yang , Michael Schwaerzler , Tolutola Oyetunde , Richard D. Braatz , Allan S. Myerson , George Barbastathis

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

Spatial Resolution of Double-Sided Silicon Microstrip Detectors for the PAMELA Apparatus

The PAMELA apparatus has been assembled and it is ready to be launched in a satellite mission to study mainly the antiparticle component of cosmic rays. In this paper the performances obtained for the silicon microstrip detectors used in…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2016-08-31 S. Straulino , O. Adriani , L. Bonechi , M. Bongi , S. Bottai , G. Castellini , D. Fedele , M. Grandi , P. Papini , S. B. Ricciarini , P. Spillantini , F. Taccetti , E. Taddei , E. Vannuccini

Test of scintillating bars coupled to Silicon Photomultipliers for a charged particle tracking device

The results obtained in laboratory tests, using scintillator bars read by silicon photomultipliers are reported. The present approach is the first step for designing a precision tracking system to be placed inside a free magnetized volume…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-01-04 S. Cecchini , I. D'Antone , L. Degli Esposti , I. Lax , G. Mandrioli , N. Mauri , L. Pasqualini , L. Patrizii , M. Pozzato , G. Sirri , M. Tenti

Pulse-Shape discrimination with the Counting Test Facility

Pulse shape discrimination (PSD) is one of the most distinctive features of liquid scintillators. Since the introduction of the scintillation techniques in the field of particle detection, many studies have been carried out to characterize…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2008-11-26 H. O. Back et al.

Measurement of gamma quantum interaction point in plastic scintillator with WLS strips

We demonstrated the feasibility of measuring the axial coordinate of a gamma quantum interaction point in a plastic scintillator bar via the detection of scintillation photons escaping from the scintillator with an array of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-03-08 J. Smyrski , D. Alfs , T. Bednarski , P. Białas , E. Czerwiński , K. Dulski , A. Gajos , B. Głowacz , N. Gupta-Sharma , M. Gorgol , B. Jasińska , M. Kajetanowicz , D. Kamińska , G. Korcyl , P. Kowalski , W. Krzemień , N. Krawczyk , E. Kubicz , M. Mohammed , Sz. Niedźwiecki , M. Pawlik-Niedźwiecka , L. Raczyński , Z. Rudy , P. Salabura , M. Silarski , A. Strzelecki , A. Wieczorek , W. Wiślicki , J. Wojnarska , B. Zgardzińska , M. Zieliński , P. Moskal

Novel method for hit-position reconstruction using voltage signals in plastic scintillators and its application to Positron Emission Tomography

Currently inorganic scintillator detectors are used in all commercial Time of Flight Positron Emission Tomograph (TOF-PET) devices. The J-PET collaboration investigates a possibility of construction of a PET scanner from plastic…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-06-22 L. Raczynski , P. Moskal , P. Kowalski , W. Wislicki , T. Bednarski , P. Bialas , E. Czerwinski , L . Kaplon , A. Kochanowski , G. Korcyl , J. Kowal , T. Kozik , W. Krzemien , E. Kubicz , M. Molenda , I. Moskal , Sz. Niedzwiecki , M. Palka , M. Pawlik-Niedzwiecka , Z. Rudy , P. Salabura , N. G. Sharma , M. Silarski , A. Slomski , J. Smyrski , A. Strzelecki , A. Wieczorek , M. Zielinski , N. Zon

Estimating the NEMA characteristics of the J-PET tomograph using the GATE package

The novel whole-body PET system based on plastic scintillators is developed by the {J-PET} Collaboration. It consists of plastic scintillator strips arranged axially in the form of a cylinder, allowing the cost-effective construction of the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-08-02 Paweł Kowalski , Wojciech Wiślicki , Roman Shopa , Lech Raczyński , Konrad Klimaszewski , Catalina Curceanu , Eryk Czerwiński , Kamil Dulski , Aleksander Gajos , Marek Gorgol , Neha Gupta-Sharma , Beatrix Hiesmayr , Bożena Jasińska , Łukasz Kapłon , Daria Kamińska , Grzegorz Korcyl , Tomasz Kozik , Wojciech Krzemień , Ewelina Kubicz , Muhsin Mohammed , Szymon Niedzwiecki , Marek Pałka , Monika Pawlik-Niedźwiecka , Juhi Raj , Kamil Rakoczy , Zbigniew Rudy , Sushil Sharma , Shivani Shivani , Michał Silarski , Magdalena Skurzok , Bożena Zgardzińska , Marcin Zielinski , Paweł Moskal

The Anti-Coincidence Detector for the GLAST Large Area Telescope

This paper describes the design, fabrication and testing of the Anti-Coincidence Detector (ACD) for the Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) Large Area Telescope (LAT). The ACD is LAT first-level defense against the charged cosmic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. A. Moiseev , R. C. Hartman , J. F. Ormes , D. J. Thompson , M. J. Amato , T. E. Johnson , K. N. Segal , D. A. Sheppard

Dosimetric performance of a multi-point plastic scintillator dosimeter as a tool for real-time source tracking in high dose rate brachytherapy

Purpose: To present the performance of a multi-point plastic scintillation detector (mPSD) as a tool in vivo dosimetry in brachytherapy. Methods: A previously optimized three-point sensor system was used for in vivo HDR brachytherapy…

Medical Physics · Physics 2021-01-27 Haydee M. Linares Rosales , Louis Archambault , Sam Beddar , Luc Beaulieu

Geometric calibration of the SND detector electromagnetic calorimeter

This paper presents the design, implementation and validation of the software alignment procedure used to perform geometric calibration of the electromagnetic calorimeter with respect to the tracking system of the SND detector which is…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2017-03-08 A. A. Korol , N. A. Melnikova

Observations of 2D Doppler backscattering on MAST

The Synthetic Aperture Microwave Imaging (SAMI) diagnostic has conducted proof-of-principle 2D Doppler backscattering (DBS) experiments on MAST. SAMI actively probes the plasma edge using a wide (+-40 degrees vertical and horizontal) and…

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Sensitivity Analysis of calibration methods and factors effecting the statistical nature of radiation measurement

Scintillator detectors electronics is recalibrated against the datasheet given by the manufacturer. Optimal and mutual dependent values of (a) high voltage at PMT (Photomultiplier Tube), (b) amplifier gain, (c) average time to count the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2023-03-07 Mayank Goswami , Kajal Kumari