Published December 2012
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Journal article
Gravitational states of antihydrogen near material surface
- 1. P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Russian Federation)
- 2. Uppsala University, Department of Quantum Chemistry (Sweden)
- 3. Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) (France)
Description
We present a theoretical study of the motion of antihydrogen atoms in the Earth's gravitational field near a material surface. We predict the existence of long-living quasistationary states of antihydrogen in a superposition of the gravitational and Casimir-van der Waals potentials of the surface. We suggest an interferometric method of measuring the energy difference between such gravitational states, hence the gravitational mass of antihydrogen.
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Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Hyperfine Interactions
- Journal Volume
- 213
- Journal Issue
- 1-3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 129-135
- ISSN
- 0304-3843
- CODEN
- HYINDN
Conference
- Title
- 10. international conference on low energy antiproton physics
- Acronym
- LEAP 2011
- Dates
- 27 Apr - 1 May 2011
- Place
- Vancouver (Canada)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 44034367
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ANTIPARTICLES; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; HYDROGEN; INTERFEROMETRY; MASS; VAN DER WAALS FORCES
- Descriptors DEC
- ANTIMATTER; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; MATTER; NONMETALS
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.