Published June 7, 1993 | Version v1
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Trapping of antiprotons in a large Penning trap - progress towards a measurement of the gravitational acceleration of the antiproton

Creators

  • 1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
  • 2. Texas A and M Univ., College Station (United States)
  • 3. Colorado Univ., Boulder (United States)
  • 4. CERN, Div. PPE, Geneva (Switzerland)
  • 5. NASA-AMES Research Center, Moffett Field, CA (United States)

Description

A measurement of the acceleration of antiprotons in the Earth's gravitational field was proposed to C.E.R.N. in 1986 and was accepted as experiment PS200 for operation at LEAR. In preparation for this experiment up to 50,000 antiprotons have been captured into a large Penning trap and stored for several minutes. This paper describes the experimental technique used and possible improvements in the total number of particles captured and the storage time achieved. We also discuss the current status of the development of the gravity experiment. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. A
Journal Volume
558
Journal Page Range
p. 709c-718c.
ISSN
0375-9474
CODEN
NUPABL

Conference

Title
2. biennial conference on low-energy antiproton physics (LEAP-2).
Dates
14-19 Sep 1992.
Place
Courmayeur (Italy).

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
25010374
Subject category
S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ANTIPROTONS; DRIFT TUBES; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; GRAVITATIONAL INTERACTIONS; PENNING EFFECT; TRAPPING
Descriptors DEC
ANTIBARYONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTINUCLEI; ANTINUCLEONS; ANTIPARTICLES; BARYONS; BASIC INTERACTIONS; CATIONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FERMIONS; HADRONS; HYDROGEN IONS; HYDROGEN IONS 1 PLUS; IONS; MATTER; NUCLEI; NUCLEONS; PROTONS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract W7405 ENG-36