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[en] We propose an approach to measuring gravitational mass of antihydrogen () based on interferometry of time distribution of free-fall events of antiatoms. Our method consists of preparing a coherent superposition of quantum states of localized near a material surface in the gravitational field of the Earth, and then observing the time distribution of annihilation events after the free-fall of the initially prepared superposition from a given height to a detector plate. We show that the time distribution of interest is mapped to a precisely predictable velocity distribution of the initial wave packet. This approach is combined with production of a coherent superposition of gravitational states by inducing a resonant transition using an oscillating gradient magnetic field. We show that the relative accuracy of measuring the atom gravitational mass can be achieved with this approach is 10−4, with 103 antiatoms settled in lowest gravitational states. (paper)
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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/49/5/054001; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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Journal of Physics. B, Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics; ISSN 0953-4075;
; CODEN JPAPEH; v. 49(5); [8 p.]

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