A Technique for Directly Measuring the Gravitational Acceleration of Antihydrogen
| dc.creator | Phillips, Thomas J. | |
| dc.date | 1994-12-30 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T03:37:07Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T03:37:07Z | |
| dc.description | The gravitational force on antimatter has never been directly measured. A method is suggested for measuring the acceleration of antimatter $(\bar g)$ by measuring the deflection of a beam of neutral antihydrogen atoms in the Earth's gravitational field. While a simple position measurement of the beam could be used, a more efficient measurement can be made using a transmission interferometer. A 1% measurement of $\bar g$ should be possible from a beam of about 100,000 atoms, with the ultimate accuracy being determined largely by the number of antihydrogen atoms that can be produced. A method is suggested for producing an antihydrogen beam appropriate for this experiment. | |
| dc.description | Written version of invited contribution to LEAP'94: Third Biennial Conference on Low-Energy Antiproton Physics. Latex, requires macro epsfig (included with figures), which uses epsf; 11 pages, 4 figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9412018 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ex/9412018 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/37985 | |
| dc.subject | High Energy Physics - Experiment | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.title | A Technique for Directly Measuring the Gravitational Acceleration of Antihydrogen | |
| dc.type | text |