Observation of Atomic Antihydrogen
Abstract
The status of the Fermilab antihydrogen experiment (E862) will be presented. The experiment uses the Fermilab Antiproton Accumulator and the E835 (Charmonium) hydrogen gas jet target. Antihydrogen is made via e^+e^- pair production by a relativistic beam antiproton in the Coulomb field of a proton in the gas jet, followed by capture of the e^+. The process occurs in rare cases in which the e^+ velocity closely matches the antiproton velocity.
- Publication:
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APS April Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- April 1997
- Bibcode:
- 1997APS..APR.C1009C