Experiments with low-energy antimatter

Consolati, G.; 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.; 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.; Krasnicky, D.; Lagomarsino, V.; Lehner, S.; 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.; Riccardi, C.; Røhne, O.M.; Rosenberger, S.; Rotondi, A.; Sacerdoti, M.; Sandaker, H.; Santoro, R.; Scampoli, P.; Simon, M.; Spacek, M.; Storey, J.; Strojek, I.M.; Subieta, M.; Testera, G.; Widmann, E.; Yzombard, P.; Zavatarelli, S.; Zmeskal, J.

doi:10.1051/epjconf/20159601007

Investigations on antimatter allow us to shed light on fundamental issues of contemporary physics. The only antiatom presently available, antihydrogen, is produced making use of the Antiproton Decelerator (AD) facility at CERN. International collaborations currently on the floor (ALPHA, ASACUSA and ATRAP) have succeeded in producing antihydrogen and are now involved in its confinement and manipulation. The AEGIS experiment is currently completing the commissioning of the apparatus which will generate and manipulate antiatoms. The present paper, after a report on the main results achieved with antihydrogen physics, gives an overview of the AEGIS experiment, describes its current status and discusses its first target.

Experiments with low-energy antimatter / G. Consolati, S. Aghion, C. Amsler, A. Ariga, T. Ariga, A. Belov, G. Bonomi, P. Bräunig, J. Bremer, R.S. Brusa, L. Cabaret, M. Caccia, R. Caravita, F. Castelli, G. Cerchiari, K. Chlouba, S. Cialdi, D. Comparat, A. Demetrio, H. Derking, L. Di Noto, M. Doser, A. Dudarev, A. Ereditato, R. Ferragut, A. Fontana, S. Gerber, M. Giammarchi, A. Gligorova, S. Gninenko, S. Haider, S. Hogan, H. Holmestad, T. Huse, E.J. Jordan, J. Kawada, A. Kellerbauer, M. Kimura, D. Krasnicky, V. Lagomarsino, S. Lehner, C. Malbrunot, S. Mariazzi, V. Matveev, Z. Mazzotta, G. Nebbia, P. Nedelec, M. Oberthaler, N. Pacifico, L. Penasa, V. Petracek, C. Pistillo, F. Prelz, M. Prevedelli, L. Ravelli, C. Riccardi, O.M. Røhne, S. Rosenberger, A. Rotondi, M. Sacerdoti, H. Sandaker, R. Santoro, P. Scampoli, M. Simon, M. Spacek, J. Storey, I.M. Strojek, M. Subieta, G. Testera, E. Widmann, P. Yzombard, S. Zavatarelli, J. Zmeskal. - In: EPJ WEB OF CONFERENCES. - ISSN 2101-6275. - 96(2015), pp. 01007.1-01007.7. ((Intervento presentato al convegno International Conference Dark Matter, Hadron Physics and Fusion Physics (DHF) tenutosi a Messina nel 2014 [10.1051/epjconf/20159601007].