AEgIS

AEgIS uses a beam of antiprotons from the Antiproton Decelerator to measure the value of Earth's gravitational acceleration.

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AEgIS on track to test free fall of antimatter

New technique for producing antihydrogen atoms is important milestone for measuring influence of gravity on antimatter

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Experiments
11 February, 2021
Experiments
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11 February, 2021

CERN meets quantum technology

The CERN Quantum Technology Initiative will explore the potential of devices harnessing perplexing quantum phenomena such as entanglement to enrich and expand its challenging research programme

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Computing
30 September, 2020
Computing
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30 September, 2020

AEgIS makes positronium for antimatter gravity experiments

The AEgIS collaboration at CERN has found a new way of making long-lived positronium atoms for antimatter gravity experiments

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Physics
05 March, 2019

Deflecting antiprotons: the AEgIS technique

A paper from the AEgIS collaboration in today's Nature Communications explains an ingenious method for measuring the deflection of antiprotons

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Experiments
28 July, 2014
Experiments
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28 July, 2014

CERN’s ALPHA experiment measures charge of antihydrogen

ALPHA reports a measurement of the electric charge of antihydrogen atoms, finding it to be compatible with zero to eight decimal places

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Physics
03 June, 2014

AEgIS

Experiments
Experiments

Join the dots to measure antimatter

Help the AEgIS experiment at CERN to work out how antimatter is affected by gravity. Just join the dots!

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Physics
08 August, 2013
Physics
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08 August, 2013

ALPHA: Novel investigation of gravity and antimatter

The ALPHA collaboration has published a paper describing the first direct analysis of how antimatter is affected by gravity

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Physics
30 April, 2013

Fat antiatoms, laser beams and matter-antimatter asymmetry

An international team of collaborators are manipulating 'fat' antiatoms at the AEgIS experiment at CERN's Antiproton Decelerator

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Physics
12 February, 2013

AEgIS completes installation

The recently installed AEgIS experiment will examine the effect of gravity on antimatter

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Physics
29 January, 2013
Physics
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29 January, 2013

Antimatter experiments present progress

At CERN today, the experiments at the Antiproton Decelerator presented updates on their work in 2012, and their hopes for 2013

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Physics
15 January, 2013
Physics
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15 January, 2013