The on-orbit calibration of DArk Matter Particle Explorer. (arXiv:1907.02173v1 [astro-ph.IM])

The on-orbit calibration of DArk Matter Particle Explorer. (arXiv:1907.02173v1 [astro-ph.IM])
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The DArk Matter Particle Explorer (DAMPE), a satellite-based cosmic ray and
gamma-ray detector, was launched on December 17, 2015, and began its on-orbit
operation on December 24, 2015. In this work we document the on-orbit
calibration procedures used by DAMPE and report the calibration results of the
Plastic Scintillator strip Detector (PSD), the Silicon-Tungsten
tracKer-converter (STK), the BGO imaging calorimeter (BGO), and the Neutron
Detector (NUD). The results are obtained using Galactic cosmic rays, bright
known GeV gamma-ray sources, and charge injection into the front-end
electronics of each sub-detector. The determination of the boundary of the
South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA), the measurement of the live time, and the
alignments of the detectors are also introduced. The calibration results
demonstrate the stability of the detectors in almost two years of the on-orbit
operation.

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