Detection of Trapped Antihydrogen (eBook)

Richard Hydomako (Autor)

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2012 | 2013
XVIII, 170 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-34484-8 (ISBN)

Infos

In 2010, the ALPHA collaboration achieved a first for mankind: the stable, long-term storage of atomic antimatter, a project carried out a the Antiproton Decelerator facility at CERN. A crucial element of this observation was a dedicated silicon vertexing detector used to identify and analyze antihydrogen annihilations. This thesis reports the methods used to reconstruct the annihilation location. Specifically, the methods used to identify and extrapolate charged particle tracks and estimate the originating annihilation location are outlined. Finally, the experimental results demonstrating the first-ever magnetic confinement of antihydrogen atoms are presented. These results rely heavily on the silicon detector, and as such, the role of the annihilation vertex reconstruction is emphasized.

Dr. Richard Allan Hydomako
University of Calgary
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Canada

Inhalt

Theory.- The ALPHA Apparatus and Procedures.- The ALPHA Silicon Detector.- Event Reconstruction in the ALPHA Detector.- Rejection of Background Events.- The Trapping of Antihydrogen.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.12.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Springer Theses
• Reihe/Serie: Springer Theses
• Zusatzinfo: XVIII, 170 p.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Atom- / Kern- / Molekularphysik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: ALPHA Silicon Detector at CERN • Antihydrogen Detection • Antihydrogen Trapping • Antiproton Annihilation • Cosmic Ray Background Suppression • Magnetic Confinement of Antihydrogen • Vertexing Detector
• ISBN-10: 3-642-34484-4 / 3642344844
• ISBN-13: 978-3-642-34484-8 / 9783642344848