Low-temperature antihydrogen atoms are an effective tool to probe the validity of the fundamental laws of Physics, for example the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) for antimatter, and -generally speaking- it is obvious that colder atoms will increase the level of precision. After the first production of cold antihydrogen in 2002 [1], experimental efforts have substantially progressed, with really competitive results already reached by adapting to cold antiatoms some well-known techniques pre- viously developed for ordinary atoms. Unfortunately, the number of antihydrogen atoms that can be produced in dedicated experiments is many orders of magnitude smaller than of hydrogen atoms, so the development of novel techniques to enhance the production of antihydrogen with well defined (and possibly controlled) conditions is essential to improve the sensitivity. We present here some experimental results achieved by the AEgIS Collaboration, based at the CERN AD (Antiproton Decelerator) on the production of antihydrogen in a pulsed mode where the production time of 90% of atoms is known with an uncertainty of ~ 250 ns [2]. The pulsed antihydrogen source is generated by the charge-exchange reaction between Rydberg positronium (Ps*) and an antiproton (p¯): p¯ + Ps* → H¯* + e−, where Ps* is produced via the implantation of a pulsed positron beam into a mesoporous silica target, and excited by two consecutive laser pulses, and antiprotons are trapped, cooled and manipulated in Penning-Malmberg traps. The pulsed production (which is a major milestone for AEgIS) makes it possible to select the antihydrogen axial temperature and opens the door for the tuning of the antihydrogen Rydberg states, their de-excitation by pulsed lasers and the manipulation through electric field gradients. In this paper, we present the results achieved by AEgIS in 2018, just before the Long Shutdown 2 (LS2), as well as some of the ongoing improvements to the system, aimed at exploiting the lower energy antiproton beam from ELENA [3].

Pulsed Production of Antihydrogen in AEgIS / Zurlo, N.; Auzins, M.; Bergmann, B.; Bonomi, G.; Brusa, R. S.; Burian, P.; Camper, A.; Castelli, F.; Ciury, R.; Consolati, G.; Doser, M.; Farricker, A.; Glöggler, L.; Graczykowski, Ł.; Grosbart, M.; Guatieri, F.; Gusakova, N.; Haider, S.; Huck, S.; Janik, M.; Kasprowicz, G.; Khatri, G.; Kłosowski, Ł.; Kornakov, G.; Krumins, V.; Lappo, L.; Linek, A.; Malamant, J.; Malbrunot, C.; Mariazzi, S.; Nowak, L.; Nowicka, D.; Oswald, E.; Pagano, D.; Penasa, L.; Piwiński, M.; Pospisil, S.; Povolo, L.; Prelz, F.; Rangwala, S.; Rienäcker, B.; Røhne, O. M.; Rotondi, A.; Sandaker, H.; Smolyanskiy, P.; Sowiński, T.; Tefelski, D.; Testera, G.; Volponi, M.; Welsch, C. P.; Wolz, T.; Zawada, M.; Zielinski, J.. - In: EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES. - ISSN 2100-014X. - 290:(2023). (Intervento presentato al convegno European Nuclear Physics Conference (EuNPC 2022) tenutosi a Santiago de Compostela nel 24-28 Octobre 2022) [10.1051/epjconf/202329007001].

Pulsed Production of Antihydrogen in AEgIS

Brusa, R. S.;Guatieri, F.;Mariazzi, S.;Penasa, L.;Povolo, L.;Rotondi, A.;Volponi, M.;
2023-01-01

Abstract

Low-temperature antihydrogen atoms are an effective tool to probe the validity of the fundamental laws of Physics, for example the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) for antimatter, and -generally speaking- it is obvious that colder atoms will increase the level of precision. After the first production of cold antihydrogen in 2002 [1], experimental efforts have substantially progressed, with really competitive results already reached by adapting to cold antiatoms some well-known techniques pre- viously developed for ordinary atoms. Unfortunately, the number of antihydrogen atoms that can be produced in dedicated experiments is many orders of magnitude smaller than of hydrogen atoms, so the development of novel techniques to enhance the production of antihydrogen with well defined (and possibly controlled) conditions is essential to improve the sensitivity. We present here some experimental results achieved by the AEgIS Collaboration, based at the CERN AD (Antiproton Decelerator) on the production of antihydrogen in a pulsed mode where the production time of 90% of atoms is known with an uncertainty of ~ 250 ns [2]. The pulsed antihydrogen source is generated by the charge-exchange reaction between Rydberg positronium (Ps*) and an antiproton (p¯): p¯ + Ps* → H¯* + e−, where Ps* is produced via the implantation of a pulsed positron beam into a mesoporous silica target, and excited by two consecutive laser pulses, and antiprotons are trapped, cooled and manipulated in Penning-Malmberg traps. The pulsed production (which is a major milestone for AEgIS) makes it possible to select the antihydrogen axial temperature and opens the door for the tuning of the antihydrogen Rydberg states, their de-excitation by pulsed lasers and the manipulation through electric field gradients. In this paper, we present the results achieved by AEgIS in 2018, just before the Long Shutdown 2 (LS2), as well as some of the ongoing improvements to the system, aimed at exploiting the lower energy antiproton beam from ELENA [3].
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Zurlo, N.; Auzins, M.; Bergmann, B.; Bonomi, G.; Brusa, R. S.; Burian, P.; Camper, A.; Castelli, F.; Ciury, R.; Consolati, G.; Doser, M.; Farricker, A...espandi
Pulsed Production of Antihydrogen in AEgIS / Zurlo, N.; Auzins, M.; Bergmann, B.; Bonomi, G.; Brusa, R. S.; Burian, P.; Camper, A.; Castelli, F.; Ciury, R.; Consolati, G.; Doser, M.; Farricker, A.; Glöggler, L.; Graczykowski, Ł.; Grosbart, M.; Guatieri, F.; Gusakova, N.; Haider, S.; Huck, S.; Janik, M.; Kasprowicz, G.; Khatri, G.; Kłosowski, Ł.; Kornakov, G.; Krumins, V.; Lappo, L.; Linek, A.; Malamant, J.; Malbrunot, C.; Mariazzi, S.; Nowak, L.; Nowicka, D.; Oswald, E.; Pagano, D.; Penasa, L.; Piwiński, M.; Pospisil, S.; Povolo, L.; Prelz, F.; Rangwala, S.; Rienäcker, B.; Røhne, O. M.; Rotondi, A.; Sandaker, H.; Smolyanskiy, P.; Sowiński, T.; Tefelski, D.; Testera, G.; Volponi, M.; Welsch, C. P.; Wolz, T.; Zawada, M.; Zielinski, J.. - In: EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES. - ISSN 2100-014X. - 290:(2023). (Intervento presentato al convegno European Nuclear Physics Conference (EuNPC 2022) tenutosi a Santiago de Compostela nel 24-28 Octobre 2022) [10.1051/epjconf/202329007001].
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