antimatter

Several experiments at CERN study the properties of antimatter – material composed of antiparticles which have the same mass as matter particles but opposite charge. 

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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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08 August, 2013
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08 August, 2013

Lighting the torch for ELENA

A ground-breaking ceremony today marked the start of construction of an extension to CERN's antimatter facility

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17 June, 2013
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17 June, 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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30 April, 2013

LHCb experiment observes new matter-antimatter difference

The LHCb collaboration has made the first observation of matter-antimatter asymmetry in the decays the B<sup>0</sup><sub>s</sub>

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24 April, 2013

ATRAP: Never a dull moment for the antiproton

The ATRAP experiment presents most precise measurement yet of the antiproton magnetic moment

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25 March, 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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12 February, 2013

AEgIS completes installation

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

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29 January, 2013
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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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15 January, 2013
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15 January, 2013

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Setting up ALPHA-2 to measure the properties of antimatter

The ALPHA-2 team is installing the final components for their new antimatter experiment, which will replace the current ALPHA set-up

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22 November, 2012
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22 November, 2012

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