The GBAR experiment: Gravitational behaviour of antihydrogen at rest

2012
12 pages
Published in:
  • Class.Quant.Grav. 29 (2012) 184008
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Abstract: (IOP)
The recently recommended experiment GBAR is foreseen to run at CERN at the AD/ELENA antiproton source. It aims at performing the first measurement of the Earth's gravitational acceleration on antimatter by observing the free-fall of antihydrogen atoms. This requires creating anti-atoms at an unprecedented low energy. The different steps of the experiment and their present status are reviewed.
  • gravitation: acceleration
  • energy: low
  • antihydrogen: at rest
  • antimatter
  • CERN Lab
  • 36.10.Dr
  • 11.30.Er
  • 04.90.+e
  • 07.77.-n
  • 25.43.+t