1. Positron plasma diagnostics and temperature control for antihydrogen production
- Author
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ATHENA Collaboration, Amoretti, M., Amsler, C., Bonomi, G., Bouchta, A., Bowe, P. D., Carraro, C., Cesar, C. L., Charlton, M., Doser, M., Filippini, V., Fontana, A., Fujiwara, M. C., Funakoshi, R., Genova, P., Hangst, J. S., Hayano, R. S., Jorgensen, L. V., Lagomarsino, V., Landua, R., Lindelof, D., Rizzini, E. Lodi, Macri', M., Madsen, N., Manuzio, G., Montagna, P., Pruys, H., Regenfus, C., Rotondi, A., Testera, G., Variola, A., and van der Werf, D. P.
- Subjects
Physics ,Temperature control ,Other Fields of Physics ,General Physics and Astronomy ,FOS: Physical sciences ,Plasma ,Radius ,Physics - Plasma Physics ,High Energy Physics - Experiment ,Nuclear physics ,Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph) ,High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex) ,Positron ,Antiproton ,Physics::Plasma Physics ,Excited state ,Physics::Space Physics ,Plasma diagnostics ,Physics::Atomic Physics ,Atomic physics ,Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex) ,Antihydrogen ,Nuclear Experiment - Abstract
Production of antihydrogen atoms by mixing antiprotons with a cold, confined, positron plasma depends critically on parameters such as the plasma density and temperature. We discuss non-destructive measurements, based on a novel, real-time analysis of excited, low-order plasma modes, that provide comprehensive characterization of the positron plasma in the ATHENA antihydrogen apparatus. The plasma length, radius, density, and total particle number are obtained. Measurement and control of plasma temperature variations, and the application to antihydrogen production experiments are discussed., Comment: 5 pages, 4 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. Lett
- Published
- 2003