TRAPPING OF ANTIPROTONS IN A LARGE PENNING TRAP - PROGRESS TOWARDS A MEASUREMENT OF THE GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION OF THE ANTIPROTON

Authors
HOLZSCHEITER MH BROWN RE CAMP JB CORNFORD S DARLING T DYER P GOLDMAN T HOIBRATEN S HOSEA K HUGHES RJ JARMIE N KENEFICK RA KING NSP LIZON DC NIETO MM MIDZOR MM PARRY SP ROCHET J RISTINEN RA SCHAUER MM SCHECKER JA WITTEBORN FC
Citation
Mh. Holzscheiter et al., TRAPPING OF ANTIPROTONS IN A LARGE PENNING TRAP - PROGRESS TOWARDS A MEASUREMENT OF THE GRAVITATIONAL ACCELERATION OF THE ANTIPROTON, Nuclear physics. A, 558, 1993, pp. 30000709-30000718
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear
Journal title
Nuclear physics. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759474
Volume
558
Year of publication
1993
Pages
30000709 - 30000718
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9474(1993)558:<30000709:TOAIAL>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
A measurement of the acceleration of antiprotons in the Earth's gravit ational field was proposed to C.E.R.N. in 1986 and was accepted as exp eriment PS200 for operation at LEAR. In preparation for this experimen t up to 50,000 antiprotons have been captured into a large Penning tra p and stored for several minutes. This paper describes the experimenta l technique used and possible improvements in the total number of part icles captured and the storage time achieved. We also discuss the curr ent status of the development of the gravity experiment.