AEgIS
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AEgIS is a CERN-based physics experiment designed to precisely measure how gravity affects antimatter, particularly antihydrogen, using advanced interferometry and spectroscopy techniques.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| AEgIS canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
CERN experiment
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physics experiment ⓘ |
| acronymFor | Antimatter Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| aimsToMeasure | gravitational acceleration g for antihydrogen ⓘ |
| collaborationSize | dozens of physicists ⓘ |
| collaborationType | international collaboration ⓘ |
| country | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dataType | antihydrogen annihilation events ⓘ |
| field |
antimatter physics
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gravitational physics ⓘ particle physics ⓘ |
| fullName | Antimatter Experiment: Gravity, Interferometry, Spectroscopy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fundamentalQuestion | does antimatter fall with the same acceleration as matter ⓘ |
| goalPrecision | percent-level measurement of antihydrogen free-fall ⓘ |
| hostOrganization | CERN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Antiproton Decelerator hall
NERFINISHED
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CERN ⓘ |
| organizationType | scientific collaboration ⓘ |
| primaryObjective | measure gravitational acceleration of antihydrogen ⓘ |
| produces | antihydrogen atoms ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ALPHA experiment
NERFINISHED
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ATRAP experiment NERFINISHED ⓘ BASE experiment NERFINISHED ⓘ GBAR experiment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
antihydrogen
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equivalence principle tests with antimatter ⓘ gravity on antimatter ⓘ |
| sponsor | CERN member state institutions ⓘ |
| startContext | post-2000 CERN Antiproton Decelerator program ⓘ |
| status | operational ⓘ |
| studies | matter–antimatter symmetry in gravity ⓘ |
| testsHypothesis | weak equivalence principle for antimatter ⓘ |
| usesDetector | position-sensitive annihilation detector ⓘ |
| usesFacility | Antiproton Decelerator NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
horizontal beam of antihydrogen
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measurement of vertical deflection due to gravity ⓘ |
| usesParticle |
antiproton
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positron ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
Rydberg excitation of antihydrogen
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cold antihydrogen production ⓘ interferometry ⓘ moiré deflectometer ⓘ spectroscopy ⓘ |
| website | https://aegis.web.cern.ch/ ⓘ |
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