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AEGIS at CERN: Measuring Antihydrogen Fall

The main goal of the AEGIS experiment at the CERN Antiproton Decelerator is the test of fundamental laws such as the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) and CPT symmetry. In the first phase of AEGIS, a beam of antihydrogen will be formed whose fall in the gravitational field is measured in a Moire'...

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Autor principal: Giammarchi, Marco G.
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00601-012-0439-6
https://dx.doi.org/10.1142/9789814327688_0021
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1355884
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Sumario:The main goal of the AEGIS experiment at the CERN Antiproton Decelerator is the test of fundamental laws such as the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) and CPT symmetry. In the first phase of AEGIS, a beam of antihydrogen will be formed whose fall in the gravitational field is measured in a Moire' deflectometer; this will constitute the first test of the WEP with antimatter.