Published 2016 | Version v1
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Towards a gravity measurement on cold antimatter atoms

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, University of Genova and INFN, Sezione di Genova, Genova (Italy)
  • 2. Physics Department, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 3. Politecnico of Milano and INFN, Sezione di Milano, Milano (Italy)
  • 4. Laboratory for High Energy Physics, Albert Einstein Center for Fundamental Physics and University of Bern, Bern (Switzerland)

Description

The present status of the AEGIS experiment at CERN (AD-06), on the way of forming anti-hydrogen for a first gravity measurement, is reviewed. Recent results in trapping and cooling positrons and antiprotons in the main electromagnetic traps are presented, including the storage time measurement obtained during the 2014 run with antiprotons, the observation of centrifugal separation of a mixed antiproton/electron plasma and positron accumulation and transfer results obtained during 2015.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuovo Cimento C. (Online)
Journal Volume
39
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 1-6
ISSN
1826-9885

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
Italy
INIS RN
48092421
Subject category
S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Descriptors DEI
ANTIPROTONS; CERN; COOLING; ELECTRON PLASMA WAVES; GRAVIMETRY; INERTIAL SEPARATORS; POSITRONS; TIME MEASUREMENT
Descriptors DEC
ANTIBARYONS; ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTINUCLEI; ANTINUCLEONS; ANTIPARTICLES; BARYONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EQUIPMENT; FERMIONS; HADRONS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; LEPTONS; MATTER; NUCLEI; NUCLEONS; PLASMA WAVES; PROTONS; SEPARATION EQUIPMENT