Silicon Vertex Detector (SVD)

The particle tracking detector that allows us to see antihydrogen annihilations inside ALPHA2.

b) An example cosmic ray; note its hihn energy creates a straight track and it comes from above the experiment (from the upper atmosphere)

Hybrid module

Hybrid modules arranged in 3 layers

a) An example reconstructed antihydrogen annihilation

b) An example reconstructed antihydrogen annihilation

a) An example cosmic ray; note its hihn energy creates a straight track and it comes from above the experiment (from the upper atmosphere)

b) An example cosmic ray; note its hihn energy creates a straight track and it comes from above the experiment (from the upper atmosphere)

Hybrid module