AEgIS experiment
E41833
CERN experiment
antimatter experiment
gravitational physics experiment
particle physics experiment
physics experiment
The AEgIS experiment is a CERN-based research project that studies how antimatter, specifically antihydrogen, behaves under gravity to test the weak equivalence principle.
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| AEgIS | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
CERN experiment
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antimatter experiment ⓘ gravitational physics experiment ⓘ particle physics experiment ⓘ physics experiment ⓘ |
| acronym |
AEgIS experiment
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surface form:
AEgIS
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| aimsToMeasure | gravitational acceleration of antihydrogen ⓘ |
| aimsToTest | weak equivalence principle ⓘ |
| approvedBy | CERN Research Board ⓘ |
| basedAt |
Antiproton Decelerator
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surface form:
Antiproton Decelerator ring at CERN
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| collaborationType | international collaboration ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| field |
antimatter physics
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fundamental physics ⓘ gravitation ⓘ precision measurements ⓘ |
| fullName | Antimatter Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy ⓘ |
| goal |
compare gravitational behavior of matter and antimatter
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determine sign and magnitude of gravitational acceleration on antihydrogen ⓘ |
| hasCollaborationMembersFrom |
Asia
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Europe ⓘ North America ⓘ |
| hostOrganization | CERN ⓘ |
| locatedAt |
Antiproton Decelerator
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surface form:
CERN Antiproton Decelerator experimental hall
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| locatedIn |
Antiproton Decelerator
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surface form:
Antiproton Decelerator facility
CERN ⓘ |
| measures | vertical deflection of antihydrogen in Earth’s gravitational field ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ALPHA experiment
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ATRAP experiment ⓘ BASE experiment ⓘ GBAR experiment ⓘ |
| startedAt | 2000s ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| studies |
antihydrogen
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antimatter ⓘ gravitational interaction of antimatter ⓘ |
| tests |
CPT symmetry related aspects of gravity
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universality of free fall ⓘ |
| uses |
Moiré deflectometer
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antihydrogen atoms ⓘ antiprotons ⓘ position-sensitive detectors ⓘ positrons ⓘ pulsed production of antihydrogen ⓘ |
| usesBeamFrom | Antiproton Decelerator ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
Rydberg atoms
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surface form:
Rydberg antihydrogen states
Stark acceleration of antihydrogen ⓘ cold antihydrogen production ⓘ |
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AEgIS