Discriminating between antihydrogen and mirror-trapped antiprotons in a minimum-B trap
Discriminating between antihydrogen and mirror-trapped antiprotons in a minimum-B trap
Recently, antihydrogen atoms were trapped at CERN in a magnetic minimum (minimum-B) trap formed by superconducting octupole and mirror magnet coils. The trapped antiatoms were detected by rapidly turning off these magnets, thereby eliminating the magnetic minimum and releasing any antiatoms contained in the trap. Once released, these antiatoms quickly …