AEgIS: Status and Prospects
High Energy Physics - Experiment
2022-08-16 v1 Instrumentation and Detectors
Abstract
The progresses of the AEgIS collaboration on its way towards directly measuring the gravitational free-fall of neutral antimatter atoms are reviewed. The experiment recently developed the first pulsed cold antihydrogen source and entered in its second phase, aiming at the first proof-of-concept gravitational measurement. Several major upgrades were deployed, including an upgraded antihydrogen production scheme and a fully-redesigned antiproton trap. AEgIS re-started its operation on the new CERN ELENA decelerator in late 2021, capturing its first antiprotons and commissioning its new antiproton energy degrading system and hardware/software control systems.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2208.07050,
title = {AEgIS: Status and Prospects},
author = {Ruggero Caravita},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2208.07050},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
Proceedings of the 2022 Moriond Gravitation conference