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Characterization of the 1S–2S transition in antihydrogen
M. Ahmadi,
B. X. R. Alves,
Christopher Baker 
,
W. Bertsche,
A. Capra,
C. Carruth,
C. L. Cesar,
Michael Charlton,
S. Cohen,
R. Collister,
Stefan Eriksson ,
A. Evans,
N. Evetts,
J. Fajans,
T. Friesen,
M. C. Fujiwara,
D. R. Gill,
J. S. Hangst,
W. N. Hardy,
M. E. Hayden,
Aled Isaac ,
M. A. Johnson,
J. M. Jones,
S. A. Jones,
S. Jonsell,
A. Khramov,
P. Knapp,
L. Kurchaninov,
Niels Madsen ,
D. Maxwell,
J. T. K. McKenna,
S. Menary,
T. Momose,
J. J. Munich,
K. Olchanski,
A. Olin,
P. Pusa,
C. Ø. Rasmussen,
F. Robicheaux,
R. L. Sacramento,
M. Sameed,
E. Sarid,
D. M. Silveira,
G. Stutter,
C. So,
T. D. Tharp,
R. I. Thompson,
Dirk van der Werf ,
J. S. Wurtele
,
W. Bertsche,
A. Capra,
C. Carruth,
C. L. Cesar,
Michael Charlton,
S. Cohen,
R. Collister,
Stefan Eriksson ,
A. Evans,
N. Evetts,
J. Fajans,
T. Friesen,
M. C. Fujiwara,
D. R. Gill,
J. S. Hangst,
W. N. Hardy,
M. E. Hayden,
Aled Isaac ,
M. A. Johnson,
J. M. Jones,
S. A. Jones,
S. Jonsell,
A. Khramov,
P. Knapp,
L. Kurchaninov,
Niels Madsen ,
D. Maxwell,
J. T. K. McKenna,
S. Menary,
T. Momose,
J. J. Munich,
K. Olchanski,
A. Olin,
P. Pusa,
C. Ø. Rasmussen,
F. Robicheaux,
R. L. Sacramento,
M. Sameed,
E. Sarid,
D. M. Silveira,
G. Stutter,
C. So,
T. D. Tharp,
R. I. Thompson,
Dirk van der Werf ,
J. S. Wurtele
Nature, Volume: 557, Issue: 7703, Pages: 71 - 75
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Christopher Baker , Michael Charlton, Stefan Eriksson , Aled Isaac , Niels Madsen , Dirk van der Werf
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In 1928, Dirac published an equation that combined quantum mechanics and special relativity. Negative-energy solutions to this equation, rather than being unphysical as initially thought, represented a class of hitherto unobserved and unimagined particles—antimatter. The existence of particles of an...
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