Driven production of cold antihydrogen and the first measured distribution of antihydrogen states -: art. no. 233401

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作者
Gabrielse, G [1 ]
Bowden, NS
Oxley, P
Speck, A
Storry, CH
Tan, JN
Wessels, M
Grzonka, D
Oelert, W
Schepers, G
Sefzick, T
Walz, J
Pittner, H
Hänsch, TW
Hessels, EA
机构
[1] Harvard Univ, Dept Phys, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
[2] Forschungszentrum Julich, IKP, D-52425 Julich, Germany
[3] CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
[4] Max Planck Inst Quantum Opt, D-85748 Garching, Germany
[5] Univ Munich, D-80799 Munich, Germany
[6] York Univ, Dept Phys & Astron, N York, ON M3J 1P3, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会; 美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.233401
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Cold antihydrogen is produced when antiprotons are repeatedly driven into collisions with cold positrons within a nested Penning trap. Efficient antihydrogen production takes place during many cycles of positron cooling of antiprotons. A first measurement of a distribution of antihydrogen states is made using a preionizing electric field between separated production and detection regions. Surviving antihydrogen is stripped in an ionization well that captures and stores the freed antiproton for background-free detection.
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