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1. CIRCUS: an autonomous control system for antimatter, atomic and quantum physics experiments

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Volponi, M., Huck, S., Caravita, R., Zielinski, J., Kornakov, G., Kasprowicz, G., Nowicka, D., Rauschendorfer, T., Rienäcker, B., Prelz, F., Auzins, M., Bergmann, B., Burian, P., Brusa, R. S., Camper, A., Castelli, F., Ciuryło, R., Consolati, G., Doser, M., Glöggler, L. T., Graczykowski, Ł., Grosbart, M., Guatieri, F., Gusakova, N., Gustafsson, F., Haider, S., Janik, M., Khatri, G., Kłosowski, Ł., Krumins, V., Lappo, L., Linek, A., Malamant, J., Mariazzi, S., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Piwiński, M., Pospisil, S., Povolo, L., Rangwala, S., Rawat, B. S., Rodin, V., Røhne, O. M., Sandaker, H., Smolyanskiy, P., Sowiński, T., Tefelski, D., Vafeiadis, T., Welsch, C. P., Wolz, T., Zawada, M., and Zurlo, N.

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2024
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2. TALOS (Total Automation of LabVIEW Operations for Science): A framework for autonomous control systems for complex experiments.

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Volponi, M., Zieliński, J., Rauschendorfer, T., Huck, S., Caravita, R., Auzins, M., Bergmann, B., Burian, P., Brusa, R. S., Camper, A., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Ciuryło, R., Consolati, G., Doser, M., Eliaszuk, K., Giszczak, A., Glöggler, L. T., Graczykowski, Ł., and Grosbart, M.

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PHYSICS experiments, ANTIMATTER, INTERFEROMETRY, AUTOMATION, GRAVITY
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Modern physics experiments are frequently very complex, relying on multiple simultaneous events to happen in order to obtain the desired result. The experiment control system plays a central role in orchestrating the measurement setup: However, its development is often treated as secondary with respect to the hardware, its importance becoming evident only during the operational phase. Therefore, the AE g ̄ IS (Antimatter Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy) collaboration has created a framework for easily coding control systems, specifically targeting atomic, quantum, and antimatter experiments. This framework, called Total Automation of LabVIEW Operations for Science (TALOS), unifies all the machines of the experiment in a single entity, thus enabling complex high-level decisions to be taken, and it is constituted by separate modules, called MicroServices, that run concurrently and asynchronously. This enhances the stability and reproducibility of the system while allowing for continuous integration and testing while the control system is running. The system demonstrated high stability and reproducibility, running completely unsupervised during the night and weekends of the data-taking campaigns. The results demonstrate the suitability of TALOS to manage an entire physics experiment in full autonomy: being open-source, experiments other than the AE g ̄ IS experiment can benefit from it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2024
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3. AEgIS at ELENA: outlook for physics with a pulsed cold antihydrogen beam

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Doser, M., Aghion, S., Amsler, C., Bonomi, G., Brusa, R. S., Caccia, M., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Di Noto, L., Evans, C., Fanì, M., Ferragut, R., Fesel, J., Fontana, A., Gerber, S., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Guatieri, F., Haider, S., Hinterberger, A., Holmestad, H., Kellerbauer, A., Khalidova, O., Krasnický, D., Lagomarsino, V., Lansonneur, P., Lebrun, P., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Marton, J., Matveev, V., Mazzotta, Z., Müller, S. R., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M., Pacifico, N., Pagano, D., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Rienaecker, B., Robert, J., Røhne, O. M., Rotondi, A., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Smestad, L., Sorrentino, F., Testera, G., Tietje, I. C., Widmann, E., Yzombard, P., Zimmer, C., Zmeskal, J., and Zurlo, N.

Published
2018

4. J-PET detection modules based on plastic scintillators for performing studies with positron and positronium beams

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Sharma, S., Baran, J., Brusa, R. S., Caravita, R., Chug, N., Coussat, A., Curceanu, C., Czerwinski, E., Dadgar, M., Dulski, K., Eliyan, K., Gajos, A., Hiesmayr, B. C., Kacprzak, K., Kaplon, L., Klimaszewski, K., Konieczka, P., Korcyl, G., Kozik, T., Krzemien, W., Kumar, D., Mariazzi, S., Niedzwiecki, S., Panasa, L., Parzych, S., Povolo, L., del Rio, E. Perez, Raczynski, L., Shivani, Shopa, R. Y., Skurzok, M., Stepien, E. L., Tayefi, F., Tayefi, K., Wislicki, W., and Moskal, P.

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Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, gamma detectors, FOS: Physical sciences, Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), multi-modality systems, interferometry, Instrumentation, Mathematical Physics
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The J-PET detector, which consists of inexpensive plastic scintillators, has demonstrated its potential in the study of fundamental physics. In recent years, a prototype with 192 plastic scintillators arranged in 3 layers has been optimized for the study of positronium decays. This allows performing precision tests of discrete symmetries (C, P, T) in the decays of positronium atoms. Moreover, thanks to the possibility of measuring the polarization direction of the photon based on Compton scattering, the predicted entanglement between the linear polarization of annihilation photons in positronium decays can also be studied. Recently, a new J-PET prototype was commissioned, based on a modular design of detection units. Each module consists of 13 plastic scintillators and can be used as a stand-alone, compact and portable detection unit. In this paper, the main features of the J-PET detector, the modular prototype and their applications for possible studies with positron and positronium beams are discussed. Preliminary results of the first test experiment performed on two detection units in the continuous positron beam recently developed at the Antimatter Laboratory (AML) of Trento are also reported.

Published
2023

5. The AEGIS experiment at CERN : Measuring the free fall of antihydrogen

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The AEGIS Collaboration, Kellerbauer, A., Allkofer, Y., Amsler, C., Belov, A. S., Bonomi, G., Bräunig, P., Bremer, J., Brusa, R. S., Burghart, G., Cabaret, L., Canali, C., Castelli, F., Chlouba, K., Cialdi, S., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Dassa, L., Di Noto, L., Donzella, A., Doser, M., Dudarev, A., Eisel, T., Ferragut, R., Ferrari, G., Fontana, A., Genova, P., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Gninenko, S. N., Haider, S., Hansen, J. P., Haug, F., Hogan, S. D., Jørgensen, L. V., Kaltenbacher, T., Krasnický, D., Lagomarsino, V., Mariazzi, S., Matveev, V. A., Merkt, F., Moia, F., Nebbia, G., Nédélec, P., Niinikoski, T., Oberthaler, M. K., Perini, D., Petráček, V., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Regenfus, C., Riccardi, C., Rochet, J., Røhne, O., Rotondi, A., Sacerdoti, M., Sandaker, H., Špaček, M., Storey, J., Testera, G., Tokareva, A., Trezzi, D., Vaccarone, R., Villa, F., Warring, U., Zavatarelli, S., Zenoni, A., Bühler, Paul, editor, Hartmann, Olaf, editor, Marton, Johann, editor, Suzuki, Ken, editor, Widmann, Eberhard, editor, and Zmeskal, Johann, editor

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2012
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6. Emulsion detectors for the antihydrogen detection in AEgIS

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Pistillo, C., Aghion, S., Amsler, C., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Belov, A., Bonomi, G., Bräunig, P., Bremer, J., Brusa, R. S., Cabaret, L., Caccia, M., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Chlouba, K., Cialdi, S., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Derking, H., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Dudarev, A., Ereditato, A., Ferragut, R., Fontana, A., Gerber, S., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Gninenko, S., Haider, S., Hogan, S., Holmestad, H., Huse, T., Jordan, E. J., Kawada, J., Kellerbauer, A., Kimura, M., Krasnický, D., Lagomarsino, V., Lehner, S., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Matveev, V., Mazzotta, Z., Nebbia, G., Nédélec, P., Oberthaler, M., Pacifico, N., Penasa, L., Petráček, V., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Ravelli, L., Riccardi, C., Røhne, O., Rosenberger, S., Rotondi, A., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Scampoli, P., Simon, M., Špaček, M., Storey, J., Strojek, I. M., Subieta, M., Testera, G., Widmann, E., Yzombard, P., Zavatarelli, S., and Zmeskal, J.

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2015
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7. Development of a detector for inertial sensing of positronium at AEgIS (CERN)

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Glöggler, Lisa T., Caravita, R., Bergmann, B., Bonomi, G., Brusa, R. S., Burian, P., Camper, A., Castelli, F., Cheinet, P., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Doser, M., Gjersdal, H., Graczykowski, Ł., Guatieri, F., Haider, S., Huck, S., Janik, M., Kasprowicz, G., Khatri, G., Kornakov, G., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Nebbia, G., Nowak, L., Nowicka, D., Oswald, E., Pagano, D., Penasa, L., Pospisil, S., Povolo, L., Prelz, F., Rienäcker, B., Røhne, O. M., Sandaker, H., Stekl, I., Tefelski, D., Tietje, I. C., Volponi, M., Wolz, T., Zimmer, C., and Zurlo, N.

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History, detector, CERN, positronium, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, 530 Physik, AEḡIS, gravitational acceleration, Computer Science Applications, Education
Abstract

The primary goal of the AEgIS collaboration at CERN is to measure the gravitational acceleration on neutral antimatter. Positronium (Ps), the bound state of an electron and a positron, is a suitable candidate for a force-sensitive inertial measurement by means of deflectometry/interferometry. In order to conduct such an experiment, the impact position and time of arrival of Ps atoms at the detector must be detected simultaneously. The detection of a low-velocity Ps beam with a spatial resolution of (88 ± 5) μm was previously demonstrated [1]. Based on the methodology employed in [1] and [2], a hybrid imaging/timing detector with increased spatial resolution of about 10 μm was developed. The performance of a prototype was tested with a positron beam. The concept of the detector and first results are presented.

Published
2022

8. Experiments with mid-heavy antiprotonic atoms in AE$\overline{g}$IS

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Kornakov, G, Auzins, M, Bergmann, B, Burian, P, Bonomi, G, Brusa, R S, Camper, A, Caravita, R, Castelli, F, Cheinet, P, Ciuryło, R, Comparat, D, Consolati, G, Doser, M, Gjersdal, H, Glöggler, L T, Graczykowsk, Ł, Guatieri, F, Haider, S, Huck, S, Janik, M, Kasprowicz, G, Khatri, G, Kłosowski, Ł, Lappo, L, Malbrunot, C, Mariazzi, S, Nebbia, G, Nowak, L, Nowicka, D, Oswald, E, Pagano, D, Penasa, L, Petracek, V, Piwiński, M, Pospisil, S, Povolo, L, Prelz, F, Rangwala, S, Rienäcker, B, Rotondi, A, Røhne, O M, Sandaker, H, Stekl, I, Tefelski, D, Tietje, I C, Volponi, M, Wolz, T, Zawada, M, Zimmer, C, and Zurlo, N

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Nuclear Physics - Experiment
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ments which provide the most precise data on the strong interaction between protons and antiprotons and of the neutron skin of many nuclei thanks to the clean annihilation signal. In most of these experiments, the capture process of low energy antiprotons was done in a dense target leading to a significant suppression of specific transitions between deeply bound levels that are of particular interest. In particular, precise measurements of specific transitions in antiprotonic atoms with Z>2 are sparse. We propose to use the pulsed production scheme developed for antihydrogen and protonium for the formation of cold antiprotonic atoms. This technique has been recently achieved experimentally for the production of antihydrogen at AE$\overline{\rm g}$IS. The proposed experiments will have sub-ns synchronization thanks to an improved control and acquisition system. The formation in vacuum guarantees the absence of Stark mixing or annihilation from high n states and together with the sub-ns synchronization would resolve the previous experimental limitations. It will be possible to access the whole chain of the evolution of the system from its formation until annihilation with significantly improved signal-to-background ratio.

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2022

9. Pulsed Production of Antihydrogen in AEgIS

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Zurlo, N., Amsler, C., Antonello, M., Belov, A., Bonomi, G., Brusa, R. S., Caccia, M., Camper, A., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cheinet, P., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Fani, M., Ferragut, R., Fesel, J., Gerber, S., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Gloggler, L. T., Guatieri, F., Haider, S., Hinterberger, A., Kellerbauer, A., Khalidova, O., Krasnicky, D., Lagomarsino, V., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Matveev, V., Muller, R., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Nowak, L., Oberthaler, M., Oswald, E., Pagano, D., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Povolo, L., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Rienacker, B., Rohne, O. M., Rotondi, A., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Testera, G., Tietje, I. C., Toso, V., Wolz, T., Yzombard, P., and Zimmer, C.

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Antihydrogen, antiprotons, Accelerators and Storage Rings, Antihydrogen, antiprotons
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Cold antihydrogen atoms are a powerful tool to probe the validity of fundamental physics laws, and it's clear that colder atoms, generally speaking, allow an increased level of precision. After the first production of cold antihydrogen ($\bar{H}$) in 2002, experimental efforts have progressed continuously (trapping, beam formation, spectroscopy), with competitive results already achieved by adapting to cold antiatoms techniques previously well developed for ordinary atoms. Unfortunately, the number of $\bar{H}$ atoms that can be produced in dedicated experiments is many orders of magnitude smaller than available hydrogen atoms, which are at hand in large amount, so the development of novel techniques that allow the production of $\bar{H}$ with well defined conditions (and possibly control its formation time and energy levels) is essential to improve the sensitivity of the methods applied by the different experiments. We present here the first experimental results concerning the production of $\bar{H}$ in a pulsed mode where the time when 90\% of the atoms are produced is known with an uncertainty of around 250~ns. The pulsed $\bar{H}$ source is generated by the charge-exchange reaction between Rydberg positronium atoms ($Ps$) and trapped antiprotons ($\bar{p}$), cooled and manipulated in an electromagnetic trap: $$ \bar{ p}+Ps^* \rightarrow \bar{H}^* + e^- $$ where Rydberg positronium atoms, in turn, are produced through the implantation of a pulsed positron beam into a mesoporous silica target, and are excited by two subsequent laser pulses, the first to $n=3$, the second to the needed Rydberg level ($n \simeq 17$). The pulsed production allows the control of the antihydrogen temperature, and facilitates the tunability of the Rydberg states, their de-excitation by pulsed lasers and the manipulation through electric field gradients. In fact, the production of pulsed antihydrogen is a major milestone in the AEgIS experiment to perform direct measurements of the validity of the Weak Equivalence Principle for antimatter.

Published
2022

10. The AEgIS Experiment: Measuring the Gravitational Interaction of Antimatter

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Knecht, A., Aghion, S., Ahlén, O., Amsler, C., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Belov, A. S., Bonomi, G., Bräunig, P., Bremer, J., Brusa, R. S., Cabaret, L., Canali, C., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Cialdi, S., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Derking, J. H., Domizio, S. Di, Noto, L. Di, Doser, M., Dudarev, A., Ereditato, A., Ferragut, R., Fontana, A., Genova, P., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Gninenko, S. N., Haider, S., Hogan, S. D., Huse, T., Jordan, E., Jørgensen, L. V., Kaltenbacher, T., Kawada, J., Kellerbauer, A., Kimura, M., Krasnický, D., Lagomarsino, V., Lehner, S., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Matveev, V. A., Merkt, F., Moia, F., Nebbia, G., Nédélec, P., Oberthaler, M. K., Pacifico, N., Petráček, V., Pistillo, C., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Regenfus, C., Riccardi, C., Røhne, O., Rotondi, A., Sandaker, H., Scampoli, P., Storey, J., Subieta Vasquez, M. A., Špaček, M., Testera, G., Trezzi, D., Vaccarone, R., Widmann, E., Zavatarelli, S., and Zmeskal, J.

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2014
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11. The AEGIS experiment at CERN: Measuring the free fall of antihydrogen

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Kellerbauer, A., Allkofer, Y., Amsler, C., Belov, A. S., Bonomi, G., Bräunig, P., Bremer, J., Brusa, R. S., Burghart, G., Cabaret, L., Canali, C., Castelli, F., Chlouba, K., Cialdi, S., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Dassa, L., Di Noto, L., Donzella, A., Doser, M., Dudarev, A., Eisel, T., Ferragut, R., Ferrari, G., Fontana, A., Genova, P., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Gninenko, S. N., Haider, S., Hansen, J. P., Haug, F., Hogan, S. D., Jørgensen, L. V., Kaltenbacher, T., Krasnický, D., Lagomarsino, V., Mariazzi, S., Matveev, V. A., Merkt, F., Moia, F., Nebbia, G., Nédélec, P., Niinikoski, T., Oberthaler, M. K., Perini, D., Petráček, V., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Regenfus, C., Riccardi, C., Rochet, J., Røhne, O., Rotondi, A., Sacerdoti, M., Sandaker, H., Špaček, M., Storey, J., Testera, G., Tokareva, A., Trezzi, D., Vaccarone, R., Villa, F., Warring, U., Zavatarelli, S., Zenoni, A., and The AEGIS Collaboration

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2012
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13. Velocity-selected production of 2S3 metastable positronium

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Amsler, C., Antonello, M., Belov, A., Bonomi, G., Brusa, R. S., Caccia, M., Camper, A., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Fanì, M., Gerber, S., Gligorova, A., Guatieri, F., Hackstock, P., Haider, S., Hinterberger, A., Holmestad, H., Kellerbauer, A., Khalidova, O., Krasnický, D., Lagomarsino, V., Lansonneur, P., Lebrun, P., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Matveev, V., Müller, S. R., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M., Pagano, D., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Rienaecker, B., Robert, J., Røhne, O. M., Rotondi, A., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Smestad, L., Sorrentino, F., Testera, G., Tietje, I. C., Widmann, E., Yzombard, P., Zimmer, C., Zurlo, N., Amsler, C., Antonello, M., Belov, A., Bonomi, G., Brusa, R. S., Caccia, M., Camper, A., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Fanì, M., Gerber, S., Gligorova, A., Guatieri, F., Hackstock, P., Haider, S., Hinterberger, A., Holmestad, H., Kellerbauer, A., Khalidova, O., Krasnický, D., Lagomarsino, V., Lansonneur, P., Lebrun, P., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Matveev, V., Müller, S. R., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M., Pagano, D., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Rienaecker, B., Robert, J., Røhne, O. M., Rotondi, A., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Smestad, L., Sorrentino, F., Testera, G., Tietje, I. C., Widmann, E., Yzombard, P., Zimmer, C., and Zurlo, N.

Subjects
positronium, antihydrogen
Abstract

Positronium in the 2 3 S metastable state exhibits a low electrical polarizability and a long lifetime (1140 ns), making it a promising candidate for interferometry experiments with a neutral matter-antimatter system. In the present work, 2 3 S positronium is produced, in the absence of an electric field, via spontaneous radiative decay from the 3 3 P level populated with a 205-nm UV laser pulse. Thanks to the short temporal length of the pulse, 1.5 ns full width at half maximum, different velocity populations of a positronium cloud emitted from a nanochanneled positron-positronium converter were selected by delaying the excitation pulse with respect to the production instant. 2 3 S positronium atoms with velocity tuned between 7 × 10 4 ms −1 and 10 × 10 4 ms −1 were thus produced. Depending on the selected velocity, a 2 3 S production efficiency ranging from ∼0.8% to ∼1.7%, with respect to the total amount of emitted positronium, was obtained. The observed results give a branching ratio for the 3 3 P-2 3 S spontaneous decay of (9.7 ± 2.7)%. The present velocity selection technique could allow one to produce an almost monochromatic beam of ∼1 × 10 3 2 3 S atoms with a velocity spread of

Published
2019

16. Probing antimatter gravity – The AEGIS experiment at CERN

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Kellerbauer A., Aghion S., Amsler C., Ariga A., Ariga T., Bonomi G., Bräunig P., Bremer J., Brusa R. S., Cabaret L., Caccia M., Caravita R., Castelli F., Cerchiari G., Chlouba K., Cialdi S., Comparat D., Consolati G., Demetrio A., Di Noto L., Doser M., Dudarev A., Ereditato A., Evans C., Ferragut R., Fesel J., Fontana A., Gerber S., Giammarchi M., Gligorova A., Guatieri F., Haider S., Holmestad H., Huse T., Jordan E., Kimura M., Koettig T., Krasnický D., Lagomarsino V., Lansonneur P., Lebrun P., Lehner S., Liberadzka J., Malbrunot C., Mariazzi S., Matveev V., Mazzotta Z., Nebbia G., Nédélec P., Oberthaler M., Pacifico N., Pagano D., Penasa L., Petráček V., Pistillo C., Prelz F., Prevedelli M., Ravelli L., Rienäcker B., Røhne O.M., Rotondi A., Sacerdoti M., Sandaker H., Santoro R., Scampoli P., Smestad L., Sorrentino F., Špaček M., Storey J., Strojek I.M., Testera G., Tietje I., Widmann E., Yzombard P., Zavatarelli S., Zmeskal J., and Zurlo N.

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
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The weak equivalence principle states that the motion of a body in a gravitational field is independent of its structure or composition. This postulate of general relativity has been tested to very high precision with ordinary matter, but no relevant experimental verification with antimatter has ever been carried out. The AEGIS experiment will measure the gravitational acceleration of antihydrogen to ultimately 1% precision. For this purpose, a pulsed horizontal antihydrogen beam with a velocity of several 100 m s−1 will be produced. Its vertical deflection due to gravity will be detected by a setup consisting of material gratings coupled with a position-sensitive detector, operating as a moiré deflectometer or an atom interferometer. The AEGIS experiment is installed at CERN’s Antiproton Decelerator, currently the only facility in the world which produces copious amounts of low-energy antiprotons. The construction of the setup has been going on since 2010 and is nearing completion. A proof-of-principle experiment with antiprotons has demonstrated that the deflection of antiparticles by a few μm due to an external force can be detected. Technological and scientific development pertaining to specific challenges of the experiment, such as antihydrogen formation by positronium charge exchange or the position-sensitive detection of antihydrogen annihilations, is ongoing.

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2016
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17. Velocity-selected production of 2 S 3 metastable positronium

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Amsler, C., Antonello, M., Belov, A., Bonomi, G., Brusa, R. S., Caccia, M., Camper, A., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Fanì, M., Gerber, S., Gligorova, A., Guatieri, F., Hackstock, P., Haider, S., Hinterberger, A., Holmestad, H., Kellerbauer, A., Khalidova, O., Krasnický, D., Lagomarsino, V., Lansonneur, P., Lebrun, P., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Matveev, V., Müller, S. R., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M., Pagano, D., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Rienaecker, B., Robert, J., Røhne, O. M., Rotondi, A., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Smestad, L., Sorrentino, F., Testera, G., Tietje, I. C., Widmann, E., Yzombard, P., Zimmer, C., and Zurlo, N.

Subjects
positronium, antimatter, Atomic and Molecular Physics, positronium, antimatter, and Optics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Published
2019

18. Efficient 2 S 3 positronium production by stimulated decay from the 3 P 3 level

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Antonello, M., Belov, A., Bonomi, G., Brusa, R. S., Caccia, M., Camper, A., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Fanì, M., Gerber, S., Gligorova, A., Guatieri, F., Hackstock, P., Haider, S., Hinterberger, A., Kellerbauer, A., Khalidova, O., Krasnický, D., Lagomarsino, V., Lebrun, P., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Matveev, V., Müller, S. R., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M., Oswald, E., Pagano, D., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Prelz, F., Rienaecker, B., Robert, J., Røhne, O. M., Rotondi, A., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Testera, G., Tietje, I. C., Widmann, E., Wolz, T., Yzombard, P., Zimmer, C., and Zurlo, N.

Published
2019

19. Correction to: Compression of a mixed antiproton and electron non-neutral plasma to high densities (The European Physical Journal D, (2018), 72, 4, (76), 10.1140/epjd/e2018-80617-x)

Author

Aghion, S., Amsler, C., Bonomi, G., Brusa, R. S., Caccia, M., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Evans, C., Fani, M., Ferragut, R., Fesel, J., Fontana, A., Gerber, S., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Guatieri, F., Haider, S., Hinterberger, A., Holmestad, H., Kellerbauer, A., Khalidova, O., Krasnicky, D., Lagomarsino, V., Lansonneur, P., Lebrun, P., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Marton, J., Matveev, V., Mazzotta, Z., Muller, S. R., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M., Pacifico, N., Pagano, D., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Rienaecker, B., Robert, J., Rohne, O. M., Rotondi, A., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Smestad, L., Sorrentino, F., Testera, G., Tietje, I. C., Widmann, E., Yzombard, P., Zimmer, C., Zmeskal, J., Zurlo, N., and Antonello, M.

Published
2019

20. Efficient $2^3S$ positronium production by stimulated decay from the $3^3P$ level

Author

Antonello, M., Belov, A., Bonomi, G., Brusa, R. S., Caccia, M., Camper, A., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Fanì, M., Gerber, S., Gligorova, A., Guatieri, F., Hackstock, P., Haider, S., Hinterberger, A., Kellerbauer, A., Khalidova, O., Krasnicky, D., Lagomarsino, V., Lebrun, P., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Matveev, V., Muller, S. R., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M., Oswald, E., Pagano, D., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Prelz, F., Rienaecker, B., Robert, J., Rohne, O. M., Rotondi, A., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Testera, G., Tietje, I. C., Widmann, E., Wolz, T., Yzombard, P., Zimmer, C., Zurlo, N., Laboratoire Aimé Cotton (LAC), École normale supérieure - Cachan (ENS Cachan)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), AEgIS, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-École normale supérieure - Cachan (ENS Cachan), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

Subjects
experimental methods, Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph), hep-ex, 32.80.Rm, positronium: production, Other Fields of Physics, FOS: Physical sciences, including interactions with strong fields and short pulses, physics.atom-ph, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-GEN-PH]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/General Physics [physics.gen-ph], Physics - Atomic Physics, High Energy Physics - Experiment, High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex), 78.70.Bj, efficiency, Atomic and molecular processes in external fields, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], laser: infrared, positronium: excited state, Particle Physics - Experiment, 36.10.Dr
Abstract

We investigate experimentally the possibility of enhancing the production of $2^3S$ positronium atoms by driving the $1^3S$-$3^3P$ and $3^3P$-$2^3S$ transitions, overcoming the natural branching ratio limitation of spontaneous decay from $3^3P$ to $2^3S$. The decay of $3^3P$ positronium atoms towards the $2^3S$ level has been effciently stimulated by a 1312.2nm broadband IR laser pulse. The dependence of the stimulating transition efficiency on the intensity of the IR pulse has been measured to find the optimal enhancement conditions. A maximum relative increase of $ \times (3.1 \pm 1.0) $ in the $2^3S$ production efficiency, with respect to the case where only spontaneous decay is present, was obtained., Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures

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2019
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21. AEg¯$\overline {\rm{g}}$IS Experiment: Measuring the acceleration g of the earth’s gravitational field on antihydrogen beam

Author

Subieta Vasquez M. A., Aghion S., Ahlén O., Amsler C., Ariga A., Ariga T., Belov A. S., Bonomi G., Bräunig P., Bremer J., Brusa R. S., Cabaret L., Caccia M., Canali C., Caravita R., Castelli F., Cerchiari G., Cialdi S., Comparat D., Consolati G., Dassa L., Derking J. H., Di Domizio S., Di Noto L., Doser M., Dudarev A., Ereditato A., Ferragut R., Fontana A., Genova P., Giammarchi M., Gligorova A., Gninenko S. N., Heider S., Hogan S. D., Huse T., Jordan E., Jørgensen L. V., Kaltenbacher T., Kawada J., Kellerbauer A., Kimura M., Knecht A., Krasnický D., Lagomarsino V., Mariazzi S., Matveev V. A., Merkt F., Moia F., Nebbia G., Nédélec P., Oberthaler M. K., Pacifico N., Petráček V., Pistilo C., Prelz F., Prevedelli M., Regenfus C., Ricardi C., Røhne O., Rotondi A., Sandaker H., Scampoli P., Storey J., Špaček M., Testera G., Trezzi D., Vaccarone R., Villa F., and Zavatarelli S.

Subjects
Physics, QC1-999
Abstract

The AEg¯ $\overline {\rm{g}}$IS experiment [1] aims at directly measuring the gravitational acceleration g on a beam of cold antihydrogen (H¯$\overline {\rm{H}}$) to a precision of 1%, performing the first test with antimatter of the (WEP) Weak Equivalence Principle. The experimental apparatus is sited at the Antiproton Decelerator (AD) at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. After production by mixing of antiprotons with Rydberg state positronium atoms (Ps), the H¯$\overline {\rm{H}}$ atoms will be driven to fly horizontally with a velocity of a few 100 ms−1 for a path length of about 1 meter. The small deflection, few tens of μm, will be measured using two material gratings (of period ∼ 80 μm) coupled to a position-sensitive detector working as a moiré deflectometer similarly to what has been done with matter atoms [2]. The shadow pattern produced by the H¯$\overline {\rm{H}}$ beam will then be detected by reconstructing the annihilation points with a spatial resolution (∼ 2 μm) of each antiatom at the end of the flight path by the sensitive-position detector. During 2012 the experimental apparatus has been commissioned with antiprotons and positrons. Since the AD will not be running during 2013,during the refurbishment of the CERN accelerators, the experiment is currently working with positrons, electrons and protons, in order to prepare the way for the antihydrogen production in late 2014.

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2014
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27. Producing long-lived 2 3S positronium via 3 3P laser excitation in magnetic and electric fields

Author

Aghion, S., Amsler, C., Antonello, M., Belov, A., Bonomi, G., Brusa, R. S., Caccia, M., Camper, A., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Evans, C., Fani, M., Ferragut, R., Fesel, J., Fontana, A., Gerber, S., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Guatieri, F., Hackstock, P., Haider, S., Hinterberger, A., Holmestad, H., Kellerbauer, A., Khalidova, O., Krasnicky, D., Lagomarsino, V., Lansonneur, P., Lebrun, P., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Marton, J., Matveev, V., Mazzotta, Z., Muller, S. R., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M., Pagano, D., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Rienaecker, B., Robert, J., Rohne, O. M., Rotondi, A., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Smestad, L., Sorrentino, F., Testera, G., Tietje, I. C., Vujanovic, M., Widmann, E., Yzombard, P., Zimmer, C., Zmeskal, J., Zurlo, N., Aghion, S., Amsler, C., Antonello, M., Belov, A., Bonomi, G., Brusa, R.S., Caccia, M., Camper, A., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Evans, C., Fanì, M., Ferragut, R., Fesel, J., Fontana, A., Gerber, S., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Guatieri, F., Hackstock, P., Haider, S., Hinterberger, A., Holmestad, H., Kellerbauer, A., Khalidova, O., Krasnický, D., Lagomarsino, V., Lansonneur, P., Lebrun, P., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Marton, J., Matveev, V., Mazzotta, Z., Müller, S.R., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M., Pagano, D., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Rienaecker, B., Robert, J., Røhne, O.M., Rotondi, A., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Smestad, L., Sorrentino, F., Testera, G., Tietje, I.C., Vujanovic, M., Widmann, E., Yzombard, P., Zimmer, C., Zmeskal, J., and Zurlo, N.

Subjects
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Positronium, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Abstract

Producing positronium (Ps) in the metastable 2 3 S state is of interest for various applications in fundamental physics. We report here on an experiment in which Ps atoms are produced in this long-lived state by spontaneous radiative decay of Ps excited to the 3 3 P level manifold. The Ps cloud excitation is obtained with a UV laser pulse in an experimental vacuum chamber in presence of guiding magnetic field of 25 mT and an average electric field of 300 V cm−1. The evidence of the 2 3 S state production is obtained to the 3.6σ level of statistical significance using a novel analysis technique of the single-shot positronium annihilation lifetime spectra. The dynamic of the Ps population on the involved levels has been studied with a rate equation model.

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2018
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28. AE$\overline{g}$IS latest results

Author

Guatieri, F, Aghion, S, Amsler, C, Angela, G, Bonomi, G, Brusa, R S, Caccia, M, Caravita, R, Castelli, F, Cerchiari, G, Comparat, D, Consolati, G, Demetrio, A, Di Noto, L, Doser, M, Evans, C, Fanì, M, Ferragut, R, Fesel, J, Fontana, A, Gerber, S, Giammarchi, M, Gligorova, A, Haider, S, Hinterberger, A, Holmestad, H, Kellerbauer, A, Krasnický, D, Lagomarsino, V, Lansonneur, P, Lebrun, P, Malbrunot, C, Mariazzi, S, Matveev, V, Mazzotta, Z, Müller, S R, Nebbia, G, Nedelec, P, Oberthaler, M, Pacifico, N, Pagano, D, Penasa, L, Petracek, V, Prelz, F, Prevedelli, M, Rienaecker, B, Robert, J, Rhne , O M, Rotondi, A, Sacerdoti, M, Sandaker, H, Santoro, R, Simon, M, Smestad, L, Sorrentino, F, Testera, G, Tietje, I C, Widmann, E, Yzombard, P, Zimmer, C, Zmeskal, J, and Zurlo, N

Subjects
Detectors and Experimental Techniques, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The validity of the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) as predicted by General Relativity has been tested up to astounding precision using ordinary matter. The lack hitherto of a stable source of a probe being at the same time electrically neutral, cold and stable enough to be measured has prevented highaccuracy testing of the WEP on anti-matter. The AEg̅IS (Antimatter Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy) experiment located at CERN's AD (Antiproton Decelerator) facility aims at producing such a probe in the form of a pulsed beam of cold anti-hydrogen, and at measuring by means of a moiré deflectometer the gravitational force that Earth's mass exerts on it. Low temperature and abundance of the H̅ are paramount to attain a high precision measurement. A technique employing a charge-exchange reaction between antiprotons coming from the AD and excited positronium atoms is being developed at AEg̅IS and will be presented hereafter, alongside an overview of the experimental apparatus and the current status of the experiment.

Published
2018

29. High-yield thermalized positronium at room temperature emitted by morphologically tuned nanochanneled silicon targets.

Author

Mariazzi, S, Caravita, R, Zimmer, C, Rienäcker, B, Camper, A, Belov, A, Bonomi, G, Brusa, R S, Castelli, F, Consolati, G, Doser, M, Gjersdal, H, Glöggler, L T, Guatieri, F, Haider, S, Matveev, V, Nebbia, G, Nedelec, P, Pagano, D, and Penasa, L

Subjects
POSITRONIUM, POSITRON annihilation, KINETIC energy, POSITRONS, SILICON, TEMPERATURE, COOLING
Abstract

Nanochanneled silicon targets with high positron/positronium (Ps) conversion rate and efficient Ps cooling were produced. Morphological parameters of the nanochannels, such as their diameter and length, were adjusted to get a large fraction of thermalized Ps at room temperature being emitted into vacuum. Ps cooling measurements were conducted combining single-shot positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy and Doppler spectroscopy of the 13S → 23P transition. 2γ–3γ annihilation ratio measurements were also performed to estimate the positron/Ps conversion efficiency. In a converter with nanochannel diameter of 7–10 nm and depth of 3.89 μm, ∼28% of implanted positrons with an energy of 3.3 keV was found to be emitted as Ps with a transverse kinetic energy of 11 ± 2 meV. The reduction of the nanochannels depth to 1.13 μm, without changing the nanochannel diameter, was found to result in a less efficient cooling, highlighting the presence of Ps reflection from the bottom end of nanochannels. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2021
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31. The Weak Equivalence Principle With Antimatter: The AEgIS Experiment At CERN

Author

Pagano, D., Amsler, C., Ariga, T., Bonomi, G., Bräunig, P., Brusa, R. S., Cabaret, L., Caccia, M., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Ereditato, A., Evans, C., Ferragut, R., Fesel, J., Andrea Fontana, Gerber, S., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Guatieri, F., Haider, S., Holmestad, H., Huse, T., Kellerbauer, A., Krasnický, D., Lagomarsino, V., Lansonneur, P., Lebrun, P., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Matveev, V., Mazzotta, Z., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M., Pacifico, N., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Pistillo, C., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Ravelli, L., Rienaecker, B., Røhne, O. M., Rotondi, A., Sacerdoti, M., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Scampoli, P., Smestad, L., Sorrentino, F., Strojek, I. M., Testera, G., Tietje, I. C., Vamosi, S., Widmann, E., Yzombard, P., Zmeskal, J., Zurlo, N., Pagano, D., Amsler, C., Ariga, T., Bonomi, G., Braunig, P., Brusa, R. S., Cabaret, L., Caccia, M., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Ereditato, A., Evans, C., Ferragut, R., Fesel, J., Fontana, A., Gerber, S., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Guatieri, F., Haider, S., Holmestad, H., Huse, T., Kellerbauer, A., Krasnicky, D., Lagomarsino, V., Lansonneur, P., Lebrun, P., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Matveev, V., Mazzotta, Z., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M., Pacifico, N., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Pistillo, C., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Ravelli, L., Rienaecker, B., Rohne, O. M., Rotondi, A., Sacerdoti, M., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Scampoli, P., Smestad, L., Sorrentino, F., Strojek, I. M., Testera, G., Tietje, I. C., Vamosi, S., Widmann, E., Yzombard, P., Zmeskal, J., and Zurlo, N.

Subjects
Physics::General Physics, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Physics::Atomic Physics, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract

The AEgIS experiment at CERN’s Antiproton Decelerator (AD) aims at performing a direct measurement of the gravitational force on antimatter to probe the Weak Equivalence Principle of General Relativity with antimatter. The idea is to measure the vertical displacement of a cold antihydrogen beam, due to the gravitational force, by using a moiré deflectometer. Antihydrogen will be formed through the reaction of charge exchange between cold antiprotons and Rydberg positronium. An overview of the physics goals, experimental setup and preliminary results is presented.

Published
2016

32. Towards a gravity measurement on cold antimatter atoms

Author

Caravita, R., Aghion, S., Amsler, C., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Bonomi, G., Braünig, P., Bremer, J., Brusa, R. S., Cabaret, L., Caccia, M., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Chlouba, K., Cialdi, S., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Dudarev, A., Ereditato, A., Evans, C., Ferragut, R., Fesel, J., Fontana, A., Forslund, O. K., Gerber, S., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Gninenko, S., Guatieri, F., Haider, S., Holmestad, H., Huse, T., Jernelv, I. L., Jordan, E., Kaltenbacher, T., Kellerbauer, A., Kimura, M., Koetting, T., Krasnicky, D., Lagomarsino, V., Lansonneur, P., Lebrun, P., Lehner, S., Liberadzka, J., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Marx, L., Matveev, V., Mazzotta, Z., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M., Pacifico, N., Pagano, D., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Pistillo, C., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Ravelli, L., Resch, L., Rienäcker, B., Røhne, O. M., Rosenberger, S., Rotondi, A., Sacerdoti, M., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Sorrentino, F., Spacek, M., Storey, J., Strojek, I. M., Testera, G., Tietje, I., Vamosi, S., Widmann, E., Yzombard, P., Zavatarelli, J. Zmeskal, S. Zavatarelli, J. Zmeskal, SCAMPOLI, PAOLA, Caravita, R., Aghion, S., Amsler, C., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Bonomi, G., Braünig, P., Bremer, J., Brusa, R. S., Cabaret, L., Caccia, M., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Chlouba, K., Cialdi, S., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Dudarev, A., Ereditato, A., Evans, C., Ferragut, R., Fesel, J., Fontana, A., Forslund, O. K., Gerber, S., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Gninenko, S., Guatieri, F., Haider, S., Holmestad, H., Huse, T., Jernelv, I. L., Jordan, E., Kaltenbacher, T., Kellerbauer, A., Kimura, M., Koetting, T., Krasnicky, D., Lagomarsino, V., Lansonneur, P., Lebrun, P., Lehner, S., Liberadzka, J., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Marx, L., Matveev, V., Mazzotta, Z., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M., Pacifico, N., Pagano, D., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Pistillo, C., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Ravelli, L., Resch, L., Rienäcker, B., Røhne, O. M., Rosenberger, S., Rotondi, A., Sacerdoti, M., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Scampoli, Paola, Sorrentino, F., Spacek, M., Storey, J., Strojek, I. M., Testera, G., Tietje, I., Vamosi, S., Widmann, E., Yzombard, P., Zavatarelli, J. Zmeskal, S. Zavatarelli, and J., Zmeskal

Published
2016

33. AEgIS Experiment: Status & Outlook

Author

Lansonneur, P., Aghion, S., Amsler, C., Bonomi, G., Brusa, R. S., Caccia, M., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Evans, C., Ferragut, R., Fesel, J., Fontana, A., Gerber, S., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Guatieri, F., Haider, S., Hinterberger, A., Holmestad, H., Kellerbauer, A., Khalidova, O., Krasnicky, D., Lagomarsino, V., Lebrun, P., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Marton, J., Matveev, V., Mazzotta, Z., Müller, S. R., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M., Pacico, N., Pagano, D., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Francesco Prelz, Prevedelli, M., Ravelli, L., Rienaecker, B., Robert, J., Rhøne, O. M., Rotondi, A., Sacerdoti, M., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Simon, M., Smestad, L., Sorrentino, F., Testera, G., Tietje, I. C., Widmann, E., Yzombard, P., Zimmer, C., Zmeska, J., Zurlo, N., Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire Aimé Cotton (LAC), École normale supérieure - Cachan (ENS Cachan)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon ( IPNL ), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 ( UCBL ), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS ( IN2P3 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire Aimé Cotton ( LAC ), École normale supérieure - Cachan ( ENS Cachan ) -Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 ( UP11 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-École normale supérieure - Cachan (ENS Cachan)

Subjects
Physics::General Physics, experimental methods, CERN Lab, General Relativity and Cosmology, interferometer, antihydrogen: beam, [ PHYS.GRQC ] Physics [physics]/General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology [gr-qc], gravitation, positron: capture, anti-p: capture, antimatter, [PHYS.GRQC]Physics [physics]/General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology [gr-qc], Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters, spectrometer, Physics::Atomic Physics, positronium: excited state
Abstract

International audience; The AEGIS experiment 1 (Antimatter Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy) is planned to perform the first measurement of the gravitational acceleration on antimatter by observing the free fall of antihydrogen atoms. By combining techniques based on recent developments in the production of positronium and its laser excitation to Rydberg states, such a study seems indeed to be feasible for neutral antimatter. We present here some of the experimental techniques involved in the experiment as well as the status of the detector test envisioned for the gravity measurement.

Published
2017

34. Open Volumes Structure and Molecular Transport in Biopolymer Nanocomposites.

Author

Checchetto, R., Penasa, L., Dickmann, M., Egger, W., Tarter, S., and Brusa, R. S.

Subjects
MOLECULAR structure, MOLECULAR volume, POSITRON annihilation, LACTIC acid, GRAPHENE oxide, CELLULOSE, BIOPOLYMERS
Abstract

We discuss gas barrier mechanisms in biopolymer nanocomposite in which fillers of different natures and concentrations are added. The kinetics of gas transport is studied by gas phase permeation techniques and free volumes are analyzed by positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy. Gas barrier properties of two biopolymer nanocomposite films are presented in relation to their free volume. The first film is poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3- hydroxyhexanoate) (PHBH) containing 0.25 wt% of graphene oxide (GO) filler nanoparticles. The second film is poly(lactic acid) (PLA) in which cellulose nanofibrils have been dispersed with content from 4.1 to 12.4 vol.%. It is shown that in both biopolymer films the filler addition improves their gas barrier properties but with different mechanism. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2020
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35. Simulating Positron to Positronium Conversion in Nanostructured Materials.

Author

GUATIERI, F., MARIAZZI, S., and BRUSA, R. S.

Subjects
NANOSTRUCTURED materials, POSITRONIUM, POSITRONS
Abstract

Silicon-based nanochanneled converters for the production of cold positronium (Ps) have been introduced in 2010 and since then provided a reliable source of cold Ps to a variety of experiments. With the goal of advancing the optimization of such converters, we have formulated a classical model to describe the production and cooling of Ps in nanochanneled converters. The simulation of this process poses several challenges due to the complexity of the geometry in which it takes place. We will here briefly give an overview of our model and discuss several simplifications of the simulation process which, without altering significantly the simulation results, reduce the computational costs enough to allow for systematic scans of the nanochanneled converter construction parameter space. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2020
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36. Hybrid Imaging and Timing Ps Laser Excitation Diagnostics for Pulsed Antihydrogen Production.

Author

CARAVITA, R., ANTONELLO, M., BELOV, A., BONOMI, G., BRUSA, R. S., CACCIA, M., CAMPER, A., CASTELLI, F., COMPARAT, D., CONSOLATI, G., DEMETRIO, A., DI NOTO, L., DOSER, M., FANÌ, M., FERRAGUT, R., GERBER, S., GIAMMARCHI, M., GLIGOROVA, A., GLÖGGLER, L. T., and GUATIERI, F.

Subjects
POSITRONIUM, ANTIHYDROGEN, ANTIPROTONS, MICROCHANNEL plates, HIGH resolution imaging, SCINTILLATION counters, LASERS
Abstract

In this work we present a hybrid detection method providing simultaneous imaging and timing information suitable for fully monitoring positronium (Ps) formation, its laser excitation, and its spatial propagation for the first trials of pulsed antihydrogen (H) production through a charge-exchange reaction with trapped antiprotons (p). This combined method, based on the synchronous acquisition of an EJ-200 scintillation detector and a microchannel plate (MCP) detector with a dual readout (phosphor screen image and electrical pick-up signal), allows all relevant events in the experiment to be accurately determined in time while allowing high resolution images of e+ from Ps laser photodissociations to be acquired. The timing calibration process of the two detectors discussed in details as well as the future perspectives opened by this method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2020
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37. Production of long-lived positronium states via laser excitation to 3³P level.

Author

Mariazzi, S., Caravita, R., Aghion, S., Amsler, C., Antonello, M., Belov, A., Bonomi, G., Brusa, R. S., Caccia, M., Camper, A., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Evans, C., Fanì, M., and Ferragut, R.

Subjects
POSITRONIUM, RYDBERG states, LASERS, INTERFEROMETRY
Abstract

The 3³P state of positronium is an intermediate level suitable for producing long-lived positronium states. On one hand, it can be used in a two-step laser excitation scheme from the ground state to Rydberg levels. On the other hand, excitation of positronium to 3³P level is a simple pathway for producing metastable 2³S positronium atoms by spontaneous radiactive decay. In this work, experiments showing the production of such long-lived levels, using the 3³P state as intermediate state, are presented. The characteristics of the two long-lived levels, in view of experiments of deflectometry/interferometry with positronium, are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2019
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38. Positronium Rydberg excitation diagnostic in a 1T cryogenic environment.

Author

Caravita, R., Mariazzi, S., Aghion, S., Amsler, C., Antonello, M., Belov, A., Bonomi, G., Brusa, R. S., Caccia, M., Camper, A., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Demetrio, A., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Evans, C., Fan`ı, M., and Ferragut, R.

Subjects
LASER spectroscopy, POSITRONIUM, POSITRON annihilation, GRAVIMETRY, MAGNETIC fields, ANTIMATTER
Abstract

Forming a pulsed beam of cold antihydrogen using charge-exchange with Rydberg positronium (Ps) is the goal of the AEḡIS collaboration, which aims to a first gravity measurement on neutral antimatter. Recently achieved results in Ps formation and laser spectroscopy in the main AEḡIS apparatus are summarized. First, Ps has been produced using nanochanneled silicon targets in a cryogenic environment (~ 15 K) with 1 T magnetic field and observed by means of Single-Shot Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy. The first demonstration of Ps n=3 excitation has been obtained as well using the same technique, validating the proof-of-concept of AEgIS. Subsequently, a new fast and high sensitivity detection method for laser-excited Ps in high magnetic field has been developed, using the combination of laser/field ionization and an high sensitivity MCP detector coupled to a low-noise CMOS camera. This technique will form the basis of future experiments involving Rydberg Ps spectroscopy in AEḡIS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2019
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39. Nanolayers on nanochannels for hydrogen purification.

Author

Checchetto, R., Patel, N., Miotello, A., and Brusa, R. S.

Subjects
NANOSTRUCTURES, HYDROGEN, DISSOCIATION (Chemistry), ALUMINUM oxide, SILICA, HYDROGEN economy, ARTIFICIAL membranes
Abstract

The purification of hydrogen rich gases is of great technological importance in the “hydrogen economy” and is achieved by selective membranes made of organic or inorganic materials. In this field, a strong challenge is the synthesis of defect-free ultrathin Pd-based selective membranes. We present a study on the synthesis and performances of a bilayer structure consisting of 100 nm nanoporous silica coated with a 150 nm Pd–Ag layer. An alumina disk having periodic microsieves structure was used as support for the bilayer. The hydrogen transport through this nanocomposite membrane is controlled by the dissociation of molecular hydrogen at the surface of the Pd–Ag functional layer. When operating at 573 K, the membrane exhibits high H2/N2 selectivity (a factor as high as 600–900), high H2 permeance (∼10-6 mol m-2 s-1 Pa-1), and operative stability on long-term operations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2009
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40. Structural properties of reactively sputtered W–Si–N thin films.

Author

Vomiero, A., Boscolo Marchi, E., Quaranta, A., Della Mea, G., Brusa, R. S., Mariotto, G., Felisari, L., Frabboni, S., Tonini, R., Ottaviani, G., Mattei, G., Scandurra, A., and Puglisi, O.

Subjects
SPUTTERING (Physics), TUNGSTEN, SILICON, NITROGEN, THIN films, SILICON nitride, TERNARY phase diagrams
Abstract

Tungsten-silicon-nitrogen, W–Si–N, ternary thin films have been reactively sputter deposited from W5Si3 and WSi2 targets using several nitrogen partial pressures. The films have been thermal annealed in the 600–1000 °C temperature range and a wide region of the W–Si–N ternary phase diagram has been explored by changing the N2/Ar ratio during the deposition. Multitechnique approach was adopted for the analysis of the samples. Composition has been determined via ion beam analysis; chemical states were investigated using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS); crystalline structure was studied using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and x-ray diffraction (XRD) and surface morphology by scanning electron microscope. The films deposited in pure argon atmosphere are tungsten rich and approach the target contents as N2/Ar ratio is varied during deposition. Tungsten enrichment in the films is caused by resputtering of silicon which can be inhibited by the formation of silicon nitride, allowing films with Si/W ratio closer to the target compositions. The higher capability to form nitrides with silicon than with tungsten favors enhancement of nitrogen content in samples deposited from the silicon rich target (WSi2). The samples with excess nitrogen content have shown losses of this element after thermal treatment. XPS measurements show a break of W–N bonds caused by thermal instability of tungsten nitrides. TEM and XRD revealed the segregation of tungsten in form of metallic or silicide nanoclusters in samples with low nitrogen content (W58Si21N21 and W24Si42N34). High amounts of nitrogen were revealed to be highly effective in inhibiting metallic cluster coalescence. Measurements of electrical resistivity of as deposited films were performed using four point probe technique. They were found to lie in the range between 0.4 and 79 mΩ cm depending on sample composition. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2007
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41. Deuterium storage in nanocrystalline magnesium thin films.

Author

Checchetto, R., Bazzanella, N., Miotella, A., Brusa, R. S., Zecca, A., and Mengucci, A.

Subjects
DEUTERIUM, MAGNESIUM, THIN films, ANNEALING of metals, CHEMICAL decomposition, POSITRON annihilation
Abstract

Nanocrystalline magnesium deuteride thin films with the β-MgD[sub 2] structure were prepared by vacuum evaporation of hexagonal magnesium (h-Mg) samples and thermal annealing in 0.15 MPa D[sub 2] atmosphere at 373 K. Thermal desorption spectroscopy analysis indicated that the rate-limiting step in the deuterium desorption was given by the thermal decomposition of the deuteride phase. The activation energy Δg of the β-MgD[sub 2]→h-Mg+D[sub 2] reaction scaled from 1.13±0.03 eV in 650-nm-thick films to 1.01±0.02 eV in 75-nm-thick films most likely as consequence of different stress and defect level. Positron annihilation spectroscopy analysis of the thin-film samples submitted to deuterium absorption and desorption cycles reveal the presence of a high concentration of void-like defects in the h-Mg layers after the very first decomposition of the β-MgD[sub 2] phase, the presence of these open volume defects reduces the D[sub 2] absorption capacity of the h-Mg thin film. © 2004 American Institute of Physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2004
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42. Structural evolution in Ar[sup +] implanted Si-rich silicon oxide.

Author

Brusa, R. S., Karwasz, G. P., Mariotto, G., Zecca, A., Ferragut, R., Folegati, P., Dupasquier, A., Ottaviani, G., and Tonini, R.

Subjects
*SILICON oxide films, *CHEMICAL vapor deposition, *ION bombardment, *STOICHIOMETRY, *INFRARED spectroscopy
Abstract

Silicon-rich silicon oxide films were deposited by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Energy was released into the film by ion bombardment, with the aim of promoting formation of Si nanoclusters and reordering the oxide matrix. The effect of the initial stoichiometry, as well as the evolution of the oxide films due to the ion bombardment and to subsequent thermal treatments, has been studied by depth-resolved positron annihilation Doppler spectroscopy, Raman scattering and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. As-deposited films were found to contain an open volume fraction in the form of subnanometric cavities that are positively correlated with oxygen deficiency. No Si aggregates were observed. The ion bombardment was found to promote the formation of amorphous Si nanoclusters, together with a reduction of the open volume in the matrix and a substantial release of hydrogen. It also leaves electrically active sites in the oxide and produces gas-filled vacancy defects in the substrate, with the concentrations depending on the implantation temperature. Thermal treatment at 500 °C removes charge defects in the oxide, but vacancy defects are not completely annealed even at 1100 °C. In one case, heating at 1100 °C produced cavities of about 0.6 nm in the oxide. Transformation of Si nanoclusters into nanocrystals is observed to occur from 800 °C. © 2003 American Institute of Physics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2003
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43. The DAQ system for the AE$\bar g$IS experiment

Author

Prelz, F, Aghion, S, Amsler, C, Ariga, T, Bonomi, G, Brusa, R S, Caccia, M, Caravita, R, Castelli, F, Cerchiari, G, Comparat, D, Consolati, G, Demetrio, A, Di Noto, L, Doser, M, Ereditato, A, Evans, C, Ferragut, R, Fesel, J, Fontana, A, Gerber, S, Giammarchi, M, Gligorova, A, Guatieri, F, Haider, S, Hinterberger, A, Holmestad, H, Kellerbauer, A, Krasnický, D, Lagomarsino, V, Lansonneur, P, Lebrun, P, Malbrunot, C, Mariazzi, S, Matveev, V, Mazzotta, Z, Müller, S R, Nebbia, G, Nedelec, P, Oberthaler, M, Pacifico, N, Pagano, D, Penasa, L, Petracek, V, Prevedelli, M, Ravelli, L, Rienaecker, B, Robert, J, Røhne, O M, Rotondi, A, Sacerdoti, M, Sandaker, H, Santoro, R, Scampoli, P, Simon, M, Smestad, L, Sorrentino, F, Testera, G, Tietje, I C, Widmann, E, Yzombard, P, Zimmer, C, Zmeskal, J, Zurlo, N, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton (LAC), École normale supérieure - Cachan (ENS Cachan)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-École normale supérieure - Cachan (ENS Cachan), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), and Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)

Subjects
sociology, monitoring, Automatic Keywords, CERN Lab, data acquisition, [INFO]Computer Science [cs], CPT, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Detectors and Experimental Techniques, programming, Computing and Computers
Abstract

International audience; In the sociology of small- to mid-sized (O(100) collaborators) experiments the issue of data collection and storage is sometimes felt as a residual problem for which well-established solutions are known. Still, the DAQ system can be one of the few forces that drive towards the integration of otherwise loosely coupled detector systems. As such it may be hard to complete with off-the-shelf components only. LabVIEW and ROOT are the (only) two software systems that were assumed to be familiar enough to all collaborators of the AEḡIS (AD6) experiment at CERN: working out of the GXML representation of LabVIEW Data types, a semantically equivalent representation as ROOT TTrees was developed for permanent storage and analysis. All data in the experiment is cast into this common format and can be produced and consumed on both systems and transferred over TCP and/or multicast over UDP for immediate sharing over the experiment LAN. We describe the setup that has been able to cater to all run data logging and long term monitoring needs of the AEḡIS experiment so far.

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2016
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45. Interstitial oxygen related defects and nanovoids in Au implanted a-SiO2 glass depth profiled by positron annihilation spectroscopy

Author

Ravelli, L., Macchi, Carlos Eugenio, Mariazzi, S., Mazzoldi, P., Egger, W., Hugenschmidt, C., Somoza, Alberto Horacio, and Brusa, R. S.

Subjects
Amorphous SiO2, Au implantation, Positrons, Ciencias Físicas, Glass, Nanovoids, Positronium, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS, Física de los Materiales Condensados
Abstract

Samples of amorphous silica were implanted with Au ions at an energy of 190 keV and fluences of 1×1014 ions cm−2and 5×1014 ions cm−2 at room temperature. The damage produced by ion implantation and its evolution with the thermal treatment at 800 °C for one hour in nitrogen atmosphere was depth profiled using three positron annihilation techniques: Doppler broadening spectroscopy, positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy and coincidence Doppler broadening spectroscopy. Around the ion projected range of Rp = 67 nm, a size reduction of the silica matrix intrinsic nanovoids points out a local densification ofthe material. Oxygen related defects were found to be present at depths four times the ion projected range, showing a high mobility of oxygen molecules from the densified and stressed region towards the bulk. The 800 °C thermal treatment leads to a recovery of the silica intrinsic nanovoids only in the deeper damaged region and the defect distribution, probed by positrons, shrinks around the ion projected range where the Au atoms aggregate. Open volume defects at the interface between Au and the amorphous matrix were evidenced in both the asimplanted and in the thermal treated samples. A practically complete disappearance of the intrinsic nanovoids was observed around Rp when the implantation fluence was increased by two orders of magnitude (3×1016 ions cm−2). In this case, the oxygen defects move to a depth five times larger than Rp. Fil: Ravelli, L.. Universitá di Trento. Dipartamento di Fisica; Italia Fil: Macchi, Carlos Eugenio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Tandil. Centro de Investigaciones En Física E Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física de Materiales; Argentina Fil: Mariazzi, S.. Stefan-Meyer-Institut für subatomare Physik; Austria Fil: Mazzoldi, P.. Università di Padova. Dipartimento di Fisica; Italia Fil: Egger, W.. Universität der Bunderswehr. Institut für Angewandte Physik und Messtechnik; Alemania Fil: Hugenschmidt, C.. Technische Universität München. Physik Department; Alemania Fil: Somoza, Alberto Horacio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Tandil. Centro de Investigaciones en Física e Ingeniería del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires; Argentina. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas. Instituto de Física de Materiales; Argentina. Provincia de Buenos Aires. Gobernación. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas; Argentina Fil: Brusa, R. S.. Universitá di Trento. Dipartamento di Fisica; Italia

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2015
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46. AE$\bar g$IS Experiment: Measuring the acceleration $g$ of the earth's gravitational field on antihydrogen beam

Author

Subieta Vasquez, M A, Aghion, S, Ahlen, O, Amsler, C, Ariga, A, Ariga, T, Belov, A S, Bonomi, G, Bräunig, P, Bremer, J, Brusa, R S, Cabaret, L, Caccia, M, Canali, C, Caravita, R, Castelli, F, Cerchiari, G, Cialdi, S, Comparat, D, Consolati, G, Dassa, L, Derking, J H, Domizio, S Di, Noto, L Di, Doser, M, Dudarev, A, Ereditato, A, Ferragut, R, Fontana, A, Genova, P, Giammarchi, M, Gligorova, A, Gninenko, S N, Heider, S, Hogan, S D, Huse, T, Jordan, E, Jørgensen, L V, Kaltenbacher, T, Kawada, J, Kellerbauer, A, Kimura, M, Knecht, A, Krasnicky, D, Lagomarsino, V, Mariazzi, S, Matveev, V A, Merkt, F, Moia, F, Nebbia, G, Nedelec, P, Oberthaler, M K, Pacifico, N, Petracek, V, Pistilo, C, Prelz, F, Prevedelli, M, Regenfus, C, Ricardi, C, Røhne, O, Rotondi, A, Sandaker, H, Scampoli, P, Storey, J, Spacek, M, Testera, G, Trezzi, D, Vaccarone, R, Villa, F, and Zavatarelli, S

Subjects
Physics in General, Physics::Accelerator Physics, Physics::Atomic Physics
Abstract

The AE [??] IS experiment [1] aims at directly measuring the gravitational acceleration g on a beam of cold antihydrogen ( [??] ) to a precision of 1%, performing the first test with antimatter of the (WEP) Weak Equivalence Principle. The experimental apparatus is sited at the Antiproton Decelerator (AD) at CERN, Geneva, Switzerland. After production by mixing of antiprotons with Rydberg state positronium atoms (Ps), the [??] atoms will be driven to fly horizontally with a velocity of a few 100 ms^-1 for a path length of about 1 meter. The small deflection, few tens of mum, will be measured using two material gratings (of period ~ 80 mum) coupled to a position-sensitive detector working as a moire deflectometer similarly to what has been done with matter atoms [2]. The shadow pattern produced by the [??] beam will then be detected by reconstructing the annihilation points with a spatial resolution (~ 2 mum) of each antiatom at the end of the flight path by the sensitive-position detector. During 2012 the experimental apparatus has been commissioned with antiprotons and positrons. Since the AD will not be running during 2013,during the refurbishment of the CERN accelerators, the experiment is currently working with positrons, electrons and protons, in order to prepare the way for the antihydrogen production in late 2014.

Published
2014

47. The AEgIS Experiment

Author

Knecht, A., Aghion, S., Ahlén, O., Amsler, C., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Belov, A. S., Bonomi, G., Bräunig, P., Bremer, J., Brusa, R. S., Cabaret, L., Canali, C., Caravita, Ruggero, Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Cialdi, S., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Derking, J. H., DI DOMIZIO, Sergio, Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Dudarev, A., Ereditato, A., Ferragut, R., Fontana, A., Genova, P., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Gninenko, S. N., Haider, S., Hogan, S. D., Huse, T., Jordan, E., Jørgensen, L. V., Kaltenbacher, T., Kawada, J., Kellerbauer, A., Kimura, M., Krasnický, D., Lagomarsino, V., Lehner, S., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Matveev, V. A., Merkt, F., Moia, F., Nebbia, G., Nédélec, P., Oberthaler, M. K., Pacifico, N., Petráček, V., Pistillo, C., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Regenfus, C., Riccardi, C., Røhne, O., Rotondi, A., Sandaker, H., Scampoli, P., Storey, J., Subieta Vasquez, M. A., Špaček, M., Testera, G., Trezzi, D., Vaccarone, R., Widmann, E., Zavatarelli, S., and Zmeskal, J.

Published
2014

48. Structural Evolution and Medium Range Order in Permanently Densified Vitreous SiO2

Author

Zanatta, Marco, Baldi, G, Brusa, R. S, Egger, W, Fontana, A, Gilioli, E, Mariazzi, S, Monaco, G, Ravelli, L, and Sacchetti, F.

Subjects
positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy, AMORPHOUS MATERIALS, POSITRONIUM ANNIHILATION, COVALENT GLASSES, structure, SILICA, DIFFRACTION PEAK, glasses
Abstract

Positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy is employed to measure the size of the interstitial void spaces characterizing the structure of a set of permanently densified SiO2 glasses. The average volume of the voids is markedly affected by the densification process and linearly shrinks by almost an order of magnitude after a relative density variation of 22%. In addition, x-ray diffraction shows that this change of density does not modify appreciably the short range order, which remains organized in SiO4 tetrahedra. These results strongly suggest a porous medium description for v-SiO2 glasses where the compressibility and the medium range order are dominated by the density variation of the voids volume up to densities close to that of alpha-quartz.

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2014
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49. AEgIS Experiment: Measuring the Acceleration g of the Earth's Gravitational Field on Antihydrogen Beam

Author

Subieta Vasquez, M. A., Aghion, S., Ahlén, O., Amsler, C., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Belov, A. S., Bonomi, G., Bräunig, P., Bremer, J., Brusa, R. S., Cabaret, L., Caccia, MASSIMO LUGI MARIA, Canali, C., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Cialdi, S., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Dassa, L., Derking, J. H., Di Domizio, S., Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Dudarev, A., Ereditato, A., Ferragut, R., Fontana, A., Genova, P., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Gninenko, S. N., Heider, S., Hogan, S. D., Huse, T., Jordan, E., Jørgensen, L. V., Kaltenbacher, T., Kawada, J., Kellerbauer, A., Kimura, M., Knecht, A., Krasnický, D., Lagomarsino, V., Mariazzi, S., Matveev, V. A., Merkt, F., Moia, F., Nebbia, G., Nédélec, P., Oberthaler, M. K., Pacifico, N., Petráček, V., Pistilo, C., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Regenfus, C., Ricardi, C., Røhne, O., Rotondi, A., Sandaker, H., Scampoli, P., Storey, J., Špaček, M., Testera, G., Trezzi, D., Vaccarone, R., Villa, F., and Zavatarelli, S.

Subjects
Physics and Astronomy (all)
Published
2014

50. Measuring with , progress and perspectives

Author

Krasnický, D., Aghion, S., Ahlén, O., Amsler, C., Ariga, A., Ariga, T., Belov, A. S., Berggren, K., Bonomi, G., Bräunig, P., Bremer, J., Brusa, R. S., Cabaret, L., Canali, C., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Cialdi, S., Comparat, D., Consolati, G., Derking, H., DI DOMIZIO, Sergio, Di Noto, L., Doser, M., Dudarev, A., Ereditato, A., Ferragut, R., Fontana, A., Genova, P., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Gninenko, S. N., Haider, S., Huse, T., Jordan, E., Jørgensen, L. V., Kaltenbacher, T., Kawada, J., Kellerbauer, A., Kimura, M., Knecht, A., Lagomarsino, V., Lehner, S., Magnani, A., Malbrunot, C., Mariazzi, S., Matveev, V. A., Nebbia, G., Nédélec, P., Oberthaler, M. K., Pacifico, N., Petráček, V., Pistillo, C., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Regenfus, C., Riccardi, C., Røhne, O., Rotondi, A., Sandaker, H., Scampoli, P., Storey, J., Subieta Vasquez, M. A., Špaček, M., Testera, G., Widmann, E., Yzombard, P., Zavatarelli, S., and Zmeskal, J.

Published
2014

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