Speaker
Hugo Boutin
Description
The Silicon-Tungsten tracKer (STK) is part of the Dark Matter Particle Explorer experiment. Launched 10 years ago, it has been operating smoothly ever since, measuring cosmic and gamma rays at high energies in a sun-synchronous orbit. Partly designed and built at the DPNC in Geneva, it has been closely monitored by the local research team since its launch. This monitoring provides key information on the detector's current status, including temperature, noise, and alignment, and is essential for providing precise calibration parameters used during in-flight data collection. Today, STK data is a key input for DAMPE's results and has enabled precise track measurements through a deep-learning track reconstruction tool developed in Geneva.
Primary authors
Hugo Boutin
Andrii Tykhonov
(University of Geneva)
Prof.
Xin Wu
(University of Geneva)
Jennifer Frieden
Dr
Chiara Perrina
(EPFL)
