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A measurement of the gravitational acceleration of the antiproton

Description

An experiment is being developed which will compare the acceleration, g, of the antiproton in the earth's gravitational field with that of Hminus ions. This measurement will constitute the first direct test of the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) for antimatter. Low energy antiprotons from the LEAR facility at CERN will be decelerated, cooled and launched into a field free region, and the time of flight to a detector will determine g. The technical aspects of the experiment and our progress in the different areas are presented. 4 refs., 1 fig

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; OSTI as DE92000368; NTIS; INIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.

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Additional titles

Subtitle (English)
A status report

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
4 p.
Report number
LA-UR--91-2888

Conference

Title
Particles and fields '91.
Dates
18-22 Aug 1991.
Place
Vancouver (Canada).

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract W-7405-ENG-36
Collaborations
PS200 Collaboration.
Funding organization
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States).
Secondary number(s)
CONF-910881--12.