The GBAR experiment: gravitational behaviour of antihydrogen at rest
- 15 August 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Vol. 29 (18)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/29/18/184008
Abstract
The recently recommended experiment GBAR is foreseen to run at CERN at the AD/ELENA antiproton source. It aims at performing the first measurement of the Earth's gravitational acceleration on antimatter by observing the free-fall of antihydrogen atoms. This requires creating anti-atoms at an unprecedented low energy. The different steps of the experiment and their present status are reviewed.Keywords
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