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1. Control system for ion Penning traps at the AEgIS experiment at CERN

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

Subjects
antihydrogen, History, Antiproton Decelerator, CERN, Detectors and Experimental Techniques, 530 Physik, ion Penning traps, Quantum Technology, AEgIS experiment, Computer Science Applications, Education
Abstract

The AEgIS experiment located at the Antiproton Decelerator at CERN aims to measure the gravitational fall of a cold antihydrogen pulsed beam. The precise observation of the antiatoms in the Earth gravitational field requires a controlled production and manipulation of antihydrogen. The neutral antimatter is obtained via a charge exchange reaction between a cold plasma of antiprotons from ELENA decelerator and a pulse of Rydberg positronium atoms. The current custom electronics designed to operate the 5 and 1 T Penning traps are going to be replaced by a control system based on the ARTIQ & Sinara open hardware and software ecosystem. This solution is present in many atomic, molecular and optical physics experiments and devices such as quantum computers. We report the status of the implementation as well as the main features of the new control system.

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2022
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2. Producing long-lived $2^3\text{S}$ Ps via $3^3\text{P}$ laser excitation in magnetic and electric fields

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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., Lagormarsino, 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., Sandacker, 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 Physics (physics.atom-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Physics - Atomic Physics
Abstract

Producing positronium (Ps) in the metastable $2^3\text{S}$ state is of interest for various applications in fundamental physics. We report here about an experiment in which Ps atoms are produced in this long-lived state by spontaneous radiative decay of Ps excited to the $3^3\text{P}$ 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. The indication of the $2^3\text{S}$ state production is obtained from a novel analysis technique of single-shot positronium annihilation lifetime spectra. Its production efficiency relative to the total amount of formed Ps is evaluated by fitting a simple rate equations model to the experimental data and found to be $ (2.1 \pm 1.3) \, \% $.

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2018
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3. Antimatter Gravity Measurements with Cold Antihydrogen: the AEgIS Experiment

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Doser, M., 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., 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., Pagano, D., 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., and Zurlo, N.

Subjects
Nuclear physics, Physics, Gravitation, Antimatter, Gravity (chemistry), CPT Symetry, Antimatter, Gravity, CPT Symetry, Gravity, Equivalence principle, Antihydrogen, Charge exchange
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2017
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4. Efficient Rydberg positronium laser excitation for antihydrogen production in a magnetic field

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Giammarchi, M. G., Belov, A. S., Bonomi, G., Boscolo, I., Brambilla, N., Brusa, R. S., Byakov, V. M., Cabaret, L., Canali, C., Carraro, C., Castelli, F., Cialdi, S., De Combarieu, M., Comparat, D., Consolati, Giovanni, Djourelov, N., Doser, M., Drobychev, G., Dupasquier, Alfredo, Fabris, F., Ferragut, RAFAEL OMAR, Ferrari, G., Fischer, A., Fontana, A., Forget, P., Formaro, L., Lunardon, M., Gervasini, A., Gninenko, S. N., Gribakin, G., Heyne, R., Kellerbauer, A., Krasnicky, D., Lagomarsino, V., Manuzio, G., Mariazzi, S., Matveev, V. A., Moretto, S., Morhard, C., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M. K., Pari, P., Petracek, V., Prevedelli, M., Al qaradawi, I. Y., Quasso, Fiorenza, Rohne, O., Pesente, S., Rotondi, A., Stapnes, S., Sillou, D., Stepanov, S. V., Stroke, H. H., Testera, G., Tino, G. M., Vairo, A., Viesti, G., Villa, F., Walters, H., Warring, U., Zavatarelli, S., Zenoni, A., and Zvezhinskij, D. S.

Subjects
Physics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, education.field_of_study, Population, Condensed Matter Physics, Laser, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Positronium, law.invention, symbols.namesake, law, Excited state, Atom, Rydberg formula, symbols, Physics::Atomic Physics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Atomic physics, Antihydrogen, education, Excitation
Abstract

Antihydrogen production by charge exchange reaction between positronium (Ps) and antiprotons requires an efficient excitation of Ps atoms up to high-n levels (Rydberg levels). We propose a two-step laser light excitation, the first from ground to n = 3 and the second from this level to a Rydberg level n > 15. In this study it is assumed that a Ps cloud is produced by positrons hitting a target converter located in a Penning-Malmberg trap within a uniform ~ 1 T magnetic field. We model the optical transition structure by taking into account Doppler and motional Stark effects. The predicted efficiency for population deposition in high n states is of ~30%.

Published
2009
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5. AEGIS at CERN: Measuring Antihydrogen Fall

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Giammarchi, M. G., Belov, A. S., Bonomi, G., Brusa, R. S., Byakov, V. M., Cabaret, L., Canali, C., Carraro, C., Castelli, F., Cialdi, S., Comparat, D., Consolati, Giovanni, Djourelov, N., Doser, M., Drobychev, G., Dudarev, A., Dupasquier, Alfredo, Fabris, D., Ferragut, RAFAEL OMAR, Ferrari, G., Fischer, A., Fontana, A., Gninenko, S. N., Heyne, R., Hogan, S. D., Jorgensen, L. V., Kellerbauer, A., Krasnicky, D., Lagomarsino, V., Mariazzi, S., Matveev, V. A., Merkt, F., Morhard, G., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M. K., Perini, D., Petracek, V., Prevedelli, M., Riccardi, C., Rohne, O., Rotondi, A., Sacerdoti, M., Sandaker, H., Sillou, D., Stepanov, S. V., Stroke, H. H., Testera, G., Trezzi, D., Turbabin, A. V., Viesti, G., Villa, F., Warring, U., Zavatarelli, S., Zenoni, A., and Zvezhinskij, D. S.

Subjects
Physics, Physics::General Physics, Physics - Instrumentation and Detectors, Large Hadron Collider, CPT symmetry, Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physics - Atomic Physics, Nuclear physics, Antiproton Decelerator, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology, High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph), Gravitational field, Antimatter, Physics::Accelerator Physics, High Energy Physics::Experiment, Antihydrogen, Particle Physics - Phenomenology
Abstract

The main goal of the AEGIS experiment at the CERN Antiproton Decelerator is the test of fundamental laws such as the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) and CPT symmetry. In the first phase of AEGIS, a beam of antihydrogen will be formed whose fall in the gravitational field is measured in a Moire' deflectometer; this will constitute the first test of the WEP with antimatter., Comment: Presented at the Fifth Meeting on CPT and Lorentz Symmetry, Bloomington, Indiana, June 28-July 2, 2010

Published
2011
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9. Advances towards gravitational studies of neutral atomic antimatter at AEgIS

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Caravita, R., 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., Fanì, M., Ferragut, R., Gerber, S., Giammarchi, M., 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., Muller, S. R., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M., Oswald, E., Pagano, D., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Prelz, F., Rienäcker, B., Jacques ROBERT, Røhne, O. M., Rotondi, A., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Testera, G., Tietje, I., Widmann, E., Wolz, T., Yzombard, P., Zimmer, C., and Zurlo, N.

18. The München scanning positron microscope

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Kögel, G., Triftshäuser, W., Sperr, P., Uhlmann, K., Britton, D. T., Willutzki, P., Steindl, R., Junker, W., Zecca, A., Brusa, R. S., Marco Duarte Naia, Karwasz, G. P., Paridaens, J., and Piazza, A.

21. Positronium for Antihydrogen Production in the AEGIS Experiment

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Heidi Sandaker, G. Nebbia, Eberhard Widmann, V. Lagomarsino, Sebastian Gerber, Z. Mazzotta, S.R. Müller, Markus K. Oberthaler, Romualdo Santoro, M. Fanì, F. Guatieri, B. Rienaecker, Alban Kellerbauer, P. Yzombard, Alberto Rotondi, Sebastiano Mariazzi, L. Di Noto, A. Hinterberger, Ole Røhne, A. Demetrio, Claude Amsler, Daniel Comparat, Giovanni Consolati, C. Evans, L. Smestad, Germano Bonomi, Massimo Caccia, Johann Marton, Nicola Zurlo, Rafael Ferragut, Andrea Fontana, V. Petráček, Nicola Pacifico, C. Malbrunot, Ruggero Caravita, O. Khalidova, D. Krasnicky, Felice Sorrentino, V. A. Matveev, Marco Giammarchi, P. Lansonneur, F. Prelz, Stefano Aghion, R. S. Brusa, J. Fesel, Patrick Nedelec, Johann Zmeskal, Giovanni Cerchiari, Luca Penasa, Marco Prevedelli, H. Holmestad, I. C. Tietje, S. Haider, G. Testera, Fabrizio Castelli, Michael Doser, Angela Gligorova, P. Lebrun, J. Robert, L. Ravelli, Davide Pagano, C. Zimmer, 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), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3), Consolati, G., Aghion, S., Amsler, C., Bonomi, G., Brusa, R. S., Caccia, M., Caravita, R., Castelli, F., Cerchiari, G., Comparat, D., 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., 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., Müller, S. R., Nebbia, G., Nedelec, P., Oberthaler, M., Pacifico, N., Pagano, D., Penasa, L., Petracek, V., Prelz, F., Prevedelli, M., Ravelli, L., 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.

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Physics::General Physics, experimental methods, CERN Lab, talk: Lublin 2017/08/28, General Physics and Astronomy, anti-p: acceleration, Gravitational acceleration, 7. Clean energy, 01 natural sciences, anti-p p: annihilation, Nuclear physics, symbols.namesake, Physics and Astronomy (all), 0103 physical sciences, antimatter, [PHYS.HEXP]Physics [physics]/High Energy Physics - Experiment [hep-ex], Physics::Atomic Physics, positronium: excited state, anti-p: beam, 010306 general physics, Antihydrogen, Physics, 010308 nuclear & particles physics, antihydrogen: production, Antiproton Decelerator, positronium: target, Antiproton, Antimatter, Excited state, gravitation: acceleration, Rydberg formula, symbols, proposed experiment, Rydberg state, gravity, antimatter, Particle Physics - Experiment
Abstract

International audience; 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, H¯ , 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 H¯ 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 n 4 , 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.

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2017
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22. Laser excitation of then=3level of positronium for antihydrogen production

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B. Rienäcker, Roberto S. Brusa, S. Vamosi, V. Petracek, Luca Penasa, I. L. Jernelv, Giovanni Cerchiari, L. Cabaret, Alberto Rotondi, T. Huse, L. Di Noto, Paola Scampoli, G. Nebbia, M. Sacerdoti, James William Storey, Sergei Gninenko, Claude Amsler, Marco Prevedelli, V. Lagomarsino, I. C. Tietje, Simone Cialdi, M. Kimura, Adriano Fontana, E. Jordan, Sebastian Gerber, Heidi Sandaker, K. Chlouba, Sebastiano Mariazzi, Giovanni Consolati, Germano Bonomi, A. Demetrio, F. Guatieri, Massimo Caccia, M. Spacek, L. Resch, Nicola Zurlo, C. Evans, P. Bräunig, J. Bremer, F. Prelz, Viktor Matveev, E. Widmann, C. Pistillo, Ruggero Caravita, Akitaka Ariga, Ola Kenji Forslund, Davide Pagano, Rafael Ferragut, S. Haider, Daniel Comparat, Alexey Dudarev, J. Fesel, Ole Røhne, Romualdo Santoro, Stefano Aghion, Marco Giammarchi, Sebastian Lehner, Z. Mazzotta, Felice Sorrentino, Alban Kellerbauer, Chloé Malbrunot, P. Lebrun, D. Krasnicky, L. Marx, Nicola Pacifico, P. Lansonneur, L. Ravelli, I. M. Strojek, T. Koettig, Lillian Smestad, H. Holmestad, Antonio Ereditato, Tomoko Ariga, G. Testera, Fabrizio Castelli, Patrick Nedelec, Michael Doser, Johann Zmeskal, J. Liberadzka, M. Oberthaler, Angela Gligorova, P. Yzombard, 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., Forslund, O. K., Gerber, S., Giammarchi, M., Gligorova, A., Gninenko, S., Guatieri, F., Haider, S., Holmestad, H., Huse, T., Jernelv, I. L., Jordan, E., Kellerbauer, A., Kimura, M., Koettig, 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, Marco, Ravelli, L., Resch, L., Rienäcker, B., Røhne, O. M., Rotondi, A., Sacerdoti, M., Sandaker, H., Santoro, R., Scampoli, P., Smestad, L., Sorrentino, F., Spacek, M., Storey, J., Strojek, I. M., Testera, G., Tietje, I., Vamosi, S., Widmann, E., Yzombard, P., Zmeskal, J., Zurlo, N., Prevedelli, M., Scampoli, Paola, Laboratoire Aimé Cotton (LAC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-École normale supérieure - Cachan (ENS Cachan), Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon (IPNL), 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 AEGIS

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COLLISIONS, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, ANNIHILATION LIFETIME, SLOW POSITRONS, TRANSITION, PHYSICS, ANTIPROTONS, TRANSPORT, PLASMA, STATES, 530 Physics, Spectroscopy, particle physics, 01 natural sciences, 010305 fluids & plasmas, law.invention, Positronium, Nuclear physics, law, Atomic and Molecular Physics, 0103 physical sciences, Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters, [PHYS.PHYS.PHYS-INS-DET]Physics [physics]/Physics [physics]/Instrumentation and Detectors [physics.ins-det], Physics::Atomic Physics, 010306 general physics, Antihydrogen, Physics, Plasma, Laser, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Antiproton, and Optics, Atomic physics, ANNIHILATION LIFETIME, Particle Physics - Experiment, Excitation
Abstract

We demonstrate laser excitation of the n=3 state of positronium (Ps) in vacuum. A specially designed high-efficiency pulsed slow positron beam and single shot positronium annihilation lifetime spectroscopy were used to produce and detect Ps. Pulsed laser excitation of n=3 level at 205 nm was monitored via Ps photoionization induced by a second intense laser pulse at 1064 nm. About 15% of the overall positronium emitted in vacuum was excited to n=3 and photoionized. Saturation of both the n=3 excitation and the following photoionization was observed and is explained by a simple rate equation model. Scanning the laser frequency allowed us to extract the positronium transverse temperature related to the width of the Doppler-broadened line. Moreover, preliminary observation of excitation to Rydberg states (n = 15...17) using n=3 as intermediate level was observed, giving an independent confirmation of efficient excitation to the 33P state. We demonstrate the laser excitation of the n=3 state of positronium (Ps) in vacuum. A combination of a specially designed pulsed slow positron beam and a high-efficiency converter target was used to produce Ps. Its annihilation was recorded by single-shot positronium annihilation lifetime spectroscopy. Pulsed laser excitation of the n=3 level at a wavelength λ≈205 nm was monitored via Ps photoionization induced by a second intense laser pulse at λ=1064 nm. About 15% of the overall positronium emitted into vacuum was excited to n=3 and photoionized. Saturation of both the n=3 excitation and the following photoionization was observed and explained by a simple rate equation model. The positronium's transverse temperature was extracted by measuring the width of the Doppler-broadened absorption line. Moreover, excitation to Rydberg states n=15 and 16 using n=3 as the intermediate level was observed, giving an independent confirmation of excitation to the $3^{3}P$ state.

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2016
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23. Measuring the gravitational free-fall of antihydrogen

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Ole Røhne, C. Malbrunot, Giovanni Consolati, F. Prelz, Alban Kellerbauer, Germano Bonomi, Akitaka Ariga, J. H. Derking, Davide Trezzi, G. Testera, M. Spacek, Cristina Riccardi, F. Moia, Rafael Ferragut, Patrick Nedelec, Alberto Rotondi, Fabrizio Castelli, G. Nebbia, V. Petráček, Johann Zmeskal, P. Bräunig, Michael Doser, Daniel Comparat, S. Di Domizio, L. Cabaret, A. Knecht, Sandra Zavatarelli, Marco Prevedelli, T. Huse, S. Haider, Jiro Kawada, L. Di Noto, S. D. Hogan, R. S. Brusa, Marco Giammarchi, J. Bremer, Sebastiano Mariazzi, P. Genova, Eberhard Widmann, Paola Scampoli, James William Storey, M. A. Subieta Vasquez, O. Ahlén, V. Lagomarsino, Heidi Sandaker, Angela Gligorova, N. Pacifico, Sebastian Lehner, Viktor Matveev, Stefano Aghion, Frédéric Merkt, Alexey Dudarev, Adriano Fontana, Claude Amsler, M. Kimura, R. Vaccarone, C. Regenfus, L. V. Jørgensen, Antonio Ereditato, Carlo Canali, Tomoko Ariga, D. Krasnický, T. Kaltenbacher, Giovanni Cerchiari, Simone Cialdi, E. Jordan, A. S. Belov, S. N. Gninenko, C. Pistillo, Ruggero Caravita, Markus K. Oberthaler, Storey, J., 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., 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., Haider, 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., 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, Paola, Subieta Vasquez, M. A., Špaček, M., Testera, G., Trezzi, D., Vaccarone, R., Widmann, E., Zavatarelli, S., and Zmeskal, J.

Subjects
AegIS, Antihydrogen, Emulsions, Gravity, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Antiparticle, Particle physics, Atom interferometer, 530 Physics, Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors, Nuclear physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Physics::Atomic Physics, AegIS, Antihydrogen, Emulsions, Gravity, Physics, Detector, Antiproton Decelerator, Antiproton, Antimatter, High Energy Physics::Experiment, and Optics, Impact parameter
Abstract

Antihydrogen holds the promise to test, for the first time, the universality of free-fall with a system composed entirely of antiparticles. The AEgIS experiment at CERN’s antiproton decelerator aims to measure the gravitational interaction between matter and antimatter by measuring the deflection of a beam of antihydrogen in the Earths gravitational field (g¯¯¯). The principle of the experiment is as follows: cold antihydrogen atoms are synthesized in a Penning-Malberg trap and are Stark accelerated towards a moiré deflectometer, the classical counterpart of an atom interferometer, and annihilate on a position sensitive detector. Crucial to the success of the experiment is the spatial precision of the position sensitive detector. We propose a novel free-fall detector based on a hybrid of two technologies: emulsion detectors, which have an intrinsic spatial resolution of 50 nm but no temporal information, and a silicon strip / scintillating fiber tracker to provide timing and positional information. In 2012 we tested emulsion films in vacuum with antiprotons from CERN’s antiproton decelerator. The annihilation vertices could be observed directly on the emulsion surface using the microscope facility available at the University of Bern. The annihilation vertices were successfully reconstructed with a resolution of 1–2 μmon the impact parameter. If such a precision can be realized in the final detector, Monte Carlo simulations suggest of order 500 antihydrogen annihilations will be sufficient to determine g¯¯¯with a 1 % accuracy. This paper presents current research towards the development of this technology for use in the AEgIS apparatus and prospects for the realization of the final detector., Hyperfine Interactions, 228 (1-3), ISSN:0304-3843, ISSN:0304-3834, ISSN:1572-9540, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Low Energy Antiproton Physics (LEAP 2013) held in Uppsala, Sweden, 10–15 June, 2013

Published
2014
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