Formation of a cold antihydrogen beam in AEGIS for gravity measurements

G. Testera, A. S. Belov, G. Bonomi, I. Boscolo, N. Brambilla, R. S. Brusa, V. M. Byakov, L. Cabaret, C. Canali, C. Carraro, F. Castelli, S. Cialdi, M. de Combarieu, D. Comparat, G. Consolati, N. Djourelov, M. Doser, G. Drobychev, A. Dupasquier, D. FabrisR. Ferragut, G. Ferrari, A. Fischer, A. Fontana, P. Forget, L. Formaro, M. Lunardon, A. Gervasini, M. G. Giammarchi, S. N. Gninenko, G. Gribakin, R. Heyne, S. D. Hogan, A. Kellerbauer, D. Krasnicky, V. Lagomarsino, G. Manuzio, S. Mariazzi, V. A. Matveev, F. Merkt, S. Moretto, C. Morhard, G. Nebbia, P. Nedelec, M. K. Oberthaler, P. Pari, V. Petracek, M. Prevedelli, I. Y. Al-Qaradawi, F. Quasso, O. Rohne, S. Pesente, A. Rotondi, S. Stapnes, D. Sillou, S. V. Stepanov, H. H. Stroke, G. Tino, A. Vairo, G. Viesti, H. Walters, U. Warring, S. Zavatarelli, A. Zenoni, D. S. Zvezhinskij

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Abstract

The formation of the antihydrogen beam in the AEGIS experiment through the use of inhomogeneous electric fields is discussed and simulation results including the geometry of the apparatus and realistic hypothesis about the antihydrogen initial conditions are shown. The resulting velocity distribution matches the requirements of the gravity experiment. In particular it is shown that the inhomogeneous electric fields provide radial cooling of the beam during the acceleration.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5-15
Number of pages11
JournalAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1037
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Antihydrogen
  • Equivalence principle
  • Rydberg atoms

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