QUPLAS (QUantum interferometry and gravitation with Positrons and LASers) is an experimental project for the study of antimatter; it makes use of positrons and positronium and mainly aims at performing quantum interferometry, decoherence and gravitational studies. The first phase of the project, called QUPLAS-0, consisted in the first successful demonstration of quantum interference of an antimatter particle: the positron. The experimental apparatus is composed by the positron beam, the interferometer, and the detector. This paper describes these three elements of QUPLAS-0 and how they were combined to achieve the goal of positron interference.

The QUPLAS experimental apparatus for antimatter interferometry / A. Ariga, S. Cialdi, G. Costantini, A. Ereditato, R. Ferragut, M. Giammarchi, M. Leone, G. Maero, L. Miramonti, C. Pistillo, M. Rome, S. Sala, P. Scampoli, V. Toso. - In: NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. - ISSN 0168-9002. - 951(2020 Jan 21). [10.1016/j.nima.2019.163019]

The QUPLAS experimental apparatus for antimatter interferometry

S. Cialdi;M. Giammarchi;G. Maero;L. Miramonti;M. Rome
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S. Sala;
2020

Abstract

QUPLAS (QUantum interferometry and gravitation with Positrons and LASers) is an experimental project for the study of antimatter; it makes use of positrons and positronium and mainly aims at performing quantum interferometry, decoherence and gravitational studies. The first phase of the project, called QUPLAS-0, consisted in the first successful demonstration of quantum interference of an antimatter particle: the positron. The experimental apparatus is composed by the positron beam, the interferometer, and the detector. This paper describes these three elements of QUPLAS-0 and how they were combined to achieve the goal of positron interference.
Antimatter; Emulsion detectors; Interferometry
Settore FIS/01 - Fisica Sperimentale
Settore FIS/03 - Fisica della Materia
21-gen-2020
2019
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