1. Limits on antiproton-nuclei annihilation cross sections at ∼125 keV
- Author
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E. Vallazza, D. Seiler, D. De Salvador, Daniel Barna, Masaki Hori, M. Leali, Ryugo S. Hayano, M. Corradini, M. Prest, L. Venturelli, Anna Sótér, E. Lodi-Rizzini, Valerio Mascagna, K. Todoroki, and Hossein Aghai-Khozani
- Subjects
Nuclear reaction ,Physics ,Nuclear and High Energy Physics ,Annihilation ,010308 nuclear & particles physics ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Kinetic energy ,01 natural sciences ,Asymmetry ,Nuclear physics ,Antiproton ,Antimatter ,0103 physical sciences ,010306 general physics ,media_common - Abstract
Some experimental limits on the annihilation cross sections σ ann of antiprotons on carbon, palladium, and platinum targets were determined at the previously unexplored kinetic energy region E ≈ 125 keV. Information on σ ann at such low antiproton energies is important in understanding the dynamics of the annihilation process, and provides useful data for models that attempt to describe the matter-antimatter asymmetry in the universe by assuming the existence of islands of antimatter concentration.
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- 2021