The AEgIS Experiment
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2014-10
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Conference Paper
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Abstract
The AEgIS experiment aims at performing the first test of the Weak Equivalence Principle of General Relativity in the antimatter sector by measuring the gravitational acceleration acting on a beam of cold antihydrogen to a precision of 1%. The installation of the apparatus is making good progress and large parts were taken into operation. Parasitic detector tests during the beamtime in December 2012 gave essential input for an optimal moiré deflectometer and the detector layout necessary to perform the gravity measurement.
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Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Low Energy Antiproton Physics (LEAP 2013) held in Uppsala, Sweden, 10–15 June, 2013
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228 (1-3)
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121 - 131
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Springer
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11th International Conference on Low Energy Antiproton Physics (LEAP 2013)
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Antimatter; Gravity; Antihydrogen
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03449 - Merkt, Frédéric / Merkt, Frédéric
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It was possible to publish this article open access thanks to a Swiss National Licence with the publisher.