Gallery of our Experiments

Sort by the different Experiments to have a look at how the Experiments look in real life.

Science

Behind every big experiment, there is a lot of theory and many years of scientific research. Especially, when you want to make a measurement that no one else has made before. The ALPHA members have collected some of the most important theoretical basics of what our experiments lean on. We use them every day in our work and would like to show you some of it!

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Positrons

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Antiprotons

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Plasma

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Antihydrogen synthesis & trapping

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Diagnostic Tools

What's more?

For more about Antimatter in general, have a look at the CERN Antimatter page
Good descriptions of 'How ALPHA works' in detail can be found in the publication section on our website
Particularly appropriate for students and non-physicists are Cold Antihydrogen: a new frontier in fundamental physics, Antihydrogen for precision tests in physics and Antihydrogen in a bottle
For experts, a general overview of many of the important aspects can be found in Search for Trapped Antihydrogen

Components of ALPHA

Get a close-up on how the most important components of ALPHA work. In every component you can see a few ideas, of what scientific background this component is based on. Please check out the Science Page for more details.

The Components are:

The Positron Accumulator: Using a sodium source, we collect positrons in order to make antihydrogen.
The Beamline: The interconnecting system used to transport antimatter between ALPHA2 and ALPHAg
More coming soon

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