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Detection of Trapped Antihydrogen

English · Hardback

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In 2010, the ALPHA collaboration achieved a first for mankind: the stable, long-term storage of atomic antimatter, a project carried out a the Antiproton Decelerator facility at CERN. A crucial element of this observation was a dedicated silicon vertexing detector used to identify and analyze antihydrogen annihilations. This thesis reports the methods used to reconstruct the annihilation location. Specifically, the methods used to identify and extrapolate charged particle tracks and estimate the originating annihilation location are outlined. Finally, the experimental results demonstrating the first-ever magnetic confinement of antihydrogen atoms are presented. These results rely heavily on the silicon detector, and as such, the role of the annihilation vertex reconstruction is emphasized.

List of contents

Theory.- The ALPHA Apparatus and Procedures.- The ALPHA Silicon Detector.- Event Reconstruction in the ALPHA Detector.- Rejection of Background Events.- The Trapping of Antihydrogen.

About the author

Dr. Richard Allan Hydomako
University of Calgary
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Canada

Summary

In 2010, the ALPHA collaboration achieved a first for mankind: the stable, long-term storage of atomic antimatter, a project carried out a the Antiproton Decelerator facility at CERN. A crucial element of this observation was a dedicated silicon vertexing detector used to identify and analyze antihydrogen annihilations. This thesis reports the methods used to reconstruct the annihilation location. Specifically, the methods used to identify and extrapolate charged particle tracks and estimate the originating annihilation location are outlined. Finally, the experimental results demonstrating the first-ever magnetic confinement of antihydrogen atoms are presented. These results rely heavily on the silicon detector, and as such, the role of the annihilation vertex reconstruction is emphasized.

Product details

Authors Richard Hydomako, Richard A. Hydomako
Publisher Springer, Berlin
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 01.01.2013
 
EAN 9783642344831
ISBN 978-3-642-34483-1
No. of pages 170
Dimensions 172 mm x 242 mm x 16 mm
Weight 422 g
Illustrations XVIII, 170 p.
Series Springer Theses
Springer Theses
Subject Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics

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