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Article title
Authors
G. Consolati
S. Aghion
C. Amsler
G. Bonomi
R. Brusa
M. Caccia
R. Caravita
F. Castelli
G. Cerchiari
D. Comparat
A. Demetrio
L. Di Noto
M. Doser
C. Evans
M. Fanì
R. Ferragut
J. Fesel
A. Fontana
S. Gerber
M. Giammarchi
A. Gligorova
F. Guatieri
S. Haider
A. Hinterberger
H. Holmestad
A. Kellerbauer
O. Khalidova
D. Krasnicky
V. Lagomarsino
P. Lansonneur
P. Lebrun
C. Malbrunot
S. Mariazzi
J. Marton
V. Matveev
Z. Mazzotta
S. Müller
G. Nebbia
P. Nedelec
M. Oberthaler
N. Pacifico
D. Pagano
L. Penasa
V. Petracek
F. Prelz
M. Prevedelli
L. Ravelli
B. Rienaecker
J. Robert
O. Røhne
A. Rotondi
H. Sandaker
R. Santoro
L. Smestad
F. Sorrentino
G. Testera
I. Tietje
E. Widmann
P. Yzombard
C. Zimmer
J. Zmeskal
N. Zurlo
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The primary goal of the Antihydrogen Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy (AEGIS) collaboration is to measure for the first time precisely the gravitational acceleration of antihydrogen, H̅, a fundamental issue of contemporary physics, using a beam of antiatoms. Indeed, although indirect arguments have been raised against a different acceleration of antimatter with respect to matter, nevertheless some attempts to formulate quantum theories of gravity, or to unify gravity with the other forces, consider the possibility of a non-identical gravitational interaction between matter and antimatter. We plan to generate H̅ through a charge-exchange reaction between excited Ps and antiprotons coming from the Antiproton Decelerator facility at CERN. It offers the advantage to produce sufficiently cold antihydrogen to make feasible a measurement of gravitational acceleration with reasonable uncertainty (of the order of a few percent). Since the cross-section of the above reaction increases with n⁴, n being the principal quantum number of Ps, it is essential to generate Ps in a highly excited (Rydberg) state. This will occur by means of two laser excitations of Ps emitted from a nanoporous silica target: a first UV laser (at 205 nm) will bring Ps from the ground to the n=3 state; a second laser pulse (tunable in the range 1650-1700 nm) will further excite Ps to the Rydberg state.
Discipline
- 04.80.Cc: Experimental tests of gravitational theories
- 78.70.Bj: Positron annihilation(for positron states, see 71.60.+z in electronic structure of bulk materials; for positronium chemistry, see 82.30.Gg in physical chemistry and chemical physics)
- 07.77.-n: Atomic, molecular, and charged-particle sources and detectors
- 36.10.Dr: Positronium(see also 82.30.Gg Positronium chemistry)
Journal
Year
Volume
Issue
Pages
1443-1449
Physical description
Dates
published
2017-11
Contributors
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- Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
- INFN Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
- INFN Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy
- INFN Pavia, via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, via Sommarive 14, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- TIFPA/INFN Trento, via Sommarive 14, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- INFN Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133, Milano, Italy
- Department of Science, University of Insubria, Via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
- INFN Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
- Physics Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- INFN Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133, Milano, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratoire Aime Cotton, Université Paris-Sud, ENS Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay,91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
- INFN Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Physics Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
- INFN Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
- INFN Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
- Physics Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy
- INFN Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Physics Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- INFN Pavia, via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Physics Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- INFN Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, via Sommarive 14, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- TIFPA/INFN Trento, via Sommarive 14, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- Physics Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Physics Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Sem Slandsvei 24, 0371 Oslo, Norway
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- Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physics Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- INFN Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
- INFN Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, CNRS/IN2p3, University of Lyon 1, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, CNRS/IN2p3, University of Lyon 1, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria
- Physics Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- INFN Padova, via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow 117312, Russia
- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
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- INFN Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133, Milano, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy
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- Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- INFN Padova, via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Institute of Nuclear Physics, CNRS/IN2p3, University of Lyon 1, 69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physics Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Brescia, via Branze 38, 25123 Brescia, Italy
- INFN Pavia, via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, via Sommarive 14, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- TIFPA/INFN Trento, via Sommarive 14, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- Czech Technical University, Prague, Brehov 7, 11519 Prague 1, Czech Republic
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- INFN Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133, Milano, Italy
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- University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Trento, via Sommarive 14, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
- TIFPA/INFN Trento, via Sommarive 14, 38123 Povo, Trento, Italy
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- Physics Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Laboratoire Aime Cotton, Université Paris-Sud, ENS Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay,91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Sem Slandsvei 24, 0371 Oslo, Norway
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- INFN Pavia, via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
- Department of Physics, University of Pavia, via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Sem Slandsvei 24, 0371 Oslo, Norway
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- INFN Milano, via Celoria 16, 20133, Milano, Italy
- Department of Science, University of Insubria, Via Valleggio 11, 22100 Como, Italy
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- Physics Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- The Research Council of Norway, P.O. Box 564, NO-1327 Lysaker, Norway
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- Department of Physics, University of Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
- INFN Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- INFN Genova, via Dodecaneso 33, 16146 Genova, Italy
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- Physics Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Physics Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
- Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 226, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- INFN Pavia, via Bassi 6, 27100 Pavia, Italy
- Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering and Mathematics, University of Brescia, via Branze 43, 25123 Brescia, Italy
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