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  • Letter

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

F. Alemanno1,2,†, C. Altomare3, Q. An4,5, P. Azzarello6, F. C. T. Barbato1,2, P. Bernardini7,8, X. J. Bi9,10, I. Cagnoli1,2, M. S. Cai11,12 et al. (DAMPE Collaboration*)

M. S. Cai11,12, E. Casilli7,8, E. Catanzani13, J. Chang11,12, D. Y. Chen11, J. L. Chen14, Z. F. Chen11,12, P. Coppin6, M. Y. Cui11, T. S. Cui15, Y. X. Cui11,12, H. T. Dai4,5, A. De Benedittis7,8,‡, I. De Mitri1,2, F. de Palma7,8, M. Deliyergiyev6, A. Di Giovanni1,2, M. Di Santo1,2, Q. Ding11,12, T. K. Dong11, Z. X. Dong15, G. Donvito3, D. Droz6, J. L. Duan14, K. K. Duan11, R. R. Fan9, Y. Z. Fan11,12, F. Fang14, K. Fang9, C. Q. Feng4,5, L. Feng11, M. Fernandez Alonso1,2, J. M. Frieden6,§, P. Fusco3,16, M. Gao9, F. Gargano3, K. Gong9, Y. Z. Gong11, D. Y. Guo9, J. H. Guo11,12, S. X. Han15, Y. M. Hu11, G. S. Huang4,5, X. Y. Huang11,12, Y. Y. Huang11, M. Ionica13, L. Y. Jiang11, Y. Z. Jiang13, W. Jiang11, J. Kong14, A. Kotenko6, D. Kyratzis1,2,∥, S. J. Lei11, W. H. Li11,12, W. L. Li15, X. Li11, X. Q. Li15, Y. M. Liang15, C. M. Liu4,5, H. Liu11, J. Liu14, S. B. Liu4,5, Y. Liu11, F. Loparco3,16, C. N. Luo11,12, M. Ma15, P. X. Ma11, T. Ma11, X. Y. Ma15, G. Marsella7,8,¶, M. N. Mazziotta3, D. Mo14, M. Muoz Salinas6, X. Y. Niu14, X. Pan11,12, A. Parenti1,2, W. X. Peng9, X. Y. Peng11, C. Perrina6,§, E. Putti-Garcia6, R. Qiao9, J. N. Rao15, A. Ruina6, Z. Shangguan15, W. H. Shen15, Z. Q. Shen11, Z. T. Shen4,5, L. Silveri1,2, J. X. Song15, M. Stolpovskiy6, H. Su14, M. Su17, H. R. Sun4,5, Z. Y. Sun14, A. Surdo8, X. J. Teng15, A. Tykhonov6, J. Z. Wang9, L. G. Wang15, S. Wang11, S. X. Wang11, X. L. Wang4,5, Y. Wang4,5, Y. F. Wang4,5, Y. Z. Wang11, Z. M. Wang1,2,**, D. M. Wei11,12, J. J. Wei11, Y. F. Wei4,5, D. Wu9, J. Wu11,12, L. B. Wu1,2,††, S. S. Wu15, X. Wu6, Z. Q. Xia11, H. T. Xu15, J. Xu11, Z. H. Xu11,12, Z. L. Xu11, E. H. Xu4,5, Z. Z. Xu4,5, G. F. Xue15, H. B. Yang14, P. Yang14, Y. Q. Yang14, H. J. Yao14, Y. H. Yu14, G. W. Yuan11,12, Q. Yuan11,12, C. Yue11, J. J. Zang11,‡‡, S. X. Zhang14, W. Z. Zhang15, Yan Zhang11, Yi Zhang11,12, Y. J. Zhang14, Y. L. Zhang4,5, Y. P. Zhang14, Y. Q. Zhang11, Z. Zhang11, Z. Y. Zhang4,5, C. Zhao4,5, H. Y. Zhao14, X. F. Zhao15, C. Y. Zhou15, and Y. Zhu15 (DAMPE Collaboration*)

  • 1Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Via Iacobucci 2, I-67100 L’Aquila, Italy
  • 2Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)—Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, I-67100 Assergi, L’Aquila, Italy
  • 3Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)—Sezione di Bari, I-70125, Bari, Italy
  • 4State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 5Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 6Department of Nuclear and Particle Physics, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
  • 7Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica E. De Giorgi, Università del Salento, I-73100, Lecce, Italy
  • 8Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)—Sezione di Lecce, I-73100, Lecce, Italy
  • 9Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road 19B, Beijing 100049, China
  • 10University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yuquan Road 19A, Beijing 100049, China
  • 11Key Laboratory of Dark Matter and Space Astronomy, Purple Mountain Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210023, China
  • 12School of Astronomy and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
  • 13Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)—Sezione di Perugia, I-06123 Perugia, Italy
  • 14Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanchang Road 509, Lanzhou 730000, China
  • 15National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanertiao 1, Zhongguancun, Haidian district, Beijing 100190, China
  • 16Dipartimento di Fisica “M. Merlin” dell’Università e del Politecnico di Bari, I-70126, Bari, Italy
  • 17Department of Physics and Laboratory for Space Research, the University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong SAR, China
  • *dampe@pmo.ac.cn
  • Present address: Dipartimento di Matematica e Fisica E. De Giorgi, Università del Salento, I-73100, Lecce, Italy and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN)—Sezione di Lecce, I-73100, Lecce, Italy.
  • Present address: Istituto Nazionale Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Napoli, IT-80126 Napoli, Italy.
  • §Present address: Institute of Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.
  • Present address: Department of Nuclear and Particle Physics, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland.
  • Present address: Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica “E. Segrè”, Università degli Studi di Palermo, via delle Scienze ed. 17, I-90128 Palermo, Italy.
  • **Present address: Shandong Institute of Advanced Technology (SDIAT), Jinan, Shandong, 250100, China.
  • ††Present address: Institute of Deep Space Sciences, Deep Space Exploration Laboratory, Hefei 230026, China.
  • ‡‡Also at School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Linyi University, Linyi 276000, China.

Phys. Rev. D 109, L121101 – Published 21 June, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.109.L121101

Abstract

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 cosmic-ray experiment that has been operational since December 2015, continuously collecting data on high-energy cosmic particles with very good statistics, energy resolution, and particle identification capabilities. In this work, the latest measurements of the energy spectrum of proton+helium in the energy range from 46 GeV to 464 TeV are presented. Among the most distinctive features of the spectrum, a spectral hardening at 600 GeV has been observed, along with a softening at 29 TeV measured with a 6.6σ significance. Moreover, the detector features and the analysis approach allowed for the extension of the spectral measurement up to the sub-PeV region. Even if with small statistical significance due to the low number of events, data suggest a new spectral hardening at about 150 TeV.

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