The cosmic-ray(CR)electrons and positrons in space are of considerable significance for studying the origin and propagation of CRs.The satellite-borne detector Dark Matter Particle Explorer(DAMPE)has been used to meas...The cosmic-ray(CR)electrons and positrons in space are of considerable significance for studying the origin and propagation of CRs.The satellite-borne detector Dark Matter Particle Explorer(DAMPE)has been used to measure the separate electron and positron spectra,as well as the positron fraction.In this study,the Earth's magnetic field is used to distinguish CR electrons and positrons,as the DAMPE detector does not carry an onboard magnet.The energy for the measurements ranges from 10 to 20 GeV,which is currently limited at high energy by the zenith-pointing orientation of DAMPE.The results are consistent with previous measurements based on the magnetic spectrometer by AMS-02 and PAMELA,whereas the results of Fermi-LAT appear to be systematically shifted to larger values.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2022YFF0503303)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12220101003,12275266,12003076,12022503,12103094 and U2031149)+8 种基金Outstanding Youth Science Foundation of NSFC(No.12022503)the Project for Young Scientists in Basic Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.YSBR-061)the Strategic Priority Program on Space Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.E02212A02S)the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS(No.2021450)the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by CAST(No.YESS20220197)the New Cornerstone Science Foundation through the XPLORER PRIZEthe Program for Innovative Talents and Entrepreneur in Jiangsu.In Europesupported by the Swiss National Science Foundation(SNSF),Switzerland,the National Institute for Nuclear Physics(INFN),Italythe European Research Council(ERC)under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme(No.851103).
文摘The cosmic-ray(CR)electrons and positrons in space are of considerable significance for studying the origin and propagation of CRs.The satellite-borne detector Dark Matter Particle Explorer(DAMPE)has been used to measure the separate electron and positron spectra,as well as the positron fraction.In this study,the Earth's magnetic field is used to distinguish CR electrons and positrons,as the DAMPE detector does not carry an onboard magnet.The energy for the measurements ranges from 10 to 20 GeV,which is currently limited at high energy by the zenith-pointing orientation of DAMPE.The results are consistent with previous measurements based on the magnetic spectrometer by AMS-02 and PAMELA,whereas the results of Fermi-LAT appear to be systematically shifted to larger values.
