Antihydrogen Atom Trap (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Antihydrogen Atom Trap

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Antiprotons and positrons are brought into the ALPHA trap from opposite ends and held there by electric and magnetic fields. Brought together, they form anti-atoms neutral in charge but with a magnetic moment. If their energy is low enough they can be held by the octupole and mirror fields of the Minimum Magnetic Field Trap.

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ALPHA collaboration at CERN

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