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Positron accumulation in the GBAR experiment

P. Blumer Orcid Logo, Michael Charlton, M. Chung Orcid Logo, P. Cladé, P. Comini Orcid Logo, P. Crivelli, O. Dalkarov, P. Debu, Liam Dodd, A. Douillet, S. Guellati, P.-A. Hervieux Orcid Logo, L. Hilico Orcid Logo, A. Husson Orcid Logo, P. Indelicato, G. Janka Orcid Logo, S. Jonsell Orcid Logo, J.-P. Karr Orcid Logo, B.H. Kim, E.S. Kim, S.K. Kim, Y. Ko Orcid Logo, T. Kosinski, N. Kuroda Orcid Logo, B.M. Latacz Orcid Logo, B. Lee, H. Lee, J. Lee, A.M.M. Leite Orcid Logo, K. Lévêque, E. Lim, L. Liszkay, P. Lotrus, D. Lunney Orcid Logo, G. Manfredi, B. Mansoulié Orcid Logo, M. Matusiak Orcid Logo, G. Mornacchi, V. Nesvizhevsky Orcid Logo, F. Nez Orcid Logo, S. Niang, R. Nishi Orcid Logo, B. Ohayon Orcid Logo, K. Park, N. Paul Orcid Logo, P. Pérez Orcid Logo, S. Procureur Orcid Logo, B. Radics Orcid Logo, C. Regenfus Orcid Logo, J.-M. Reymond, S. Reynaud Orcid Logo, J.-Y. Roussé, O. Rousselle, A. Rubbia, J. Rzadkiewicz, Y. Sacquin, F. Schmidt-Kaler Orcid Logo, M. Staszczak, K. Szymczyk Orcid Logo, T. Tanaka, B. Tuchming Orcid Logo, B. Vallage Orcid Logo, A. Voronin, Dirk van der Werf Orcid Logo, S. Wolf Orcid Logo, D. Won, S. Wronka Orcid Logo, Y. Yamazaki Orcid Logo, K.H. Yoo, P. Yzombard Orcid Logo, Christopher Baker Orcid Logo

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We present a description of the GBAR positron (e+) trapping apparatus, which consists of a three stage Buffer Gas Trap (BGT) followed by a High Field Penning Trap (HFT), and discuss its performance. The overall goal of the GBAR experiment is to measure the acceleration of the neutral antihydrogen (H...

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To produce one ion H+, about 10**10 positrons, efficiently converted into positronium (Ps), together with about antiprotons (p), are required. The positrons, produced from an electron linac-based system, are accumulated first in the BGT whereafter they are stacked in the ultra-high vacuum HFT, where we have been able to trap 1.4(2) x 10**9 positrons in 1100 s. Journal Article Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment 1040 167263 Elsevier BV 0168-9002 Positron, Accumulator, Antimatter, Antihydrogen, Gravitation 1 10 2022 2022-10-01 10.1016/j.nima.2022.167263 Data will be made available on request. COLLEGE NANME Biosciences Geography and Physics School COLLEGE CODE BGPS Swansea University SU Library paid the OA fee (TA Institutional Deal) We acknowledge support of the Agence Nationale de la Recherche, France (project ANTION ANR-14-CE33-0008), CNES, France (convention number 5100017115), the Swiss National Science Foundation, Switzerland (Grant number 173597), ETH Zurich, Switzerland (Grant number ETH-46 17-1), the Swedish Research Council (VR 2021-04005), the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2016R1A6 A3A11932936, NRF-2021R1A2C3-010989). Laboratoire Kastler Brossel (LKB) is a Unité Mixte de Recherche de Sorbonne Université, de ENS-PSL Research University, du Collège de France et du CNRS, France no 8552. We thank CERN for the support to construct the linac and its biological shield and for fellowships and Scientific Associateship provided to D.P. van der Werf and P. Pérez. The support of the Enhanced Eurotalents Fellowship programme to D.P. van der Werf is acknowledged . We also thank CUP(IBS) for the fellowship of B.H. Kim (grant number IBS-R016-Y1). S. Niang acknowledges support from the Laboratoire dExcellence P2IO (ANR-10-LABX-0038) in the framework Investissements dAvenir (ANR-11-IDEX-0003-01). We gratefully acknowledge the help of François Butin and the CERN management and teams that were involved in this project, and are indebted to the technical support provided by Julian Kivell and Phil Hopkins from Swansea University and by Didier Pierrepont from CEA-Saclay. 2022-09-07T13:21:37.9837972 2022-07-29T16:36:08.5326003 Faculty of Science and Engineering School of Biosciences, Geography and Physics - Physics P. Blumer 0000-0001-9610-5963 1 Michael Charlton 2 M. Chung 0000-0001-7014-4120 3 P. Cladé 4 P. Comini 0000-0002-6373-4752 5 P. Crivelli 6 O. Dalkarov 7 P. Debu 8 Liam Dodd 9 A. Douillet 10 S. Guellati 11 P.-A. Hervieux 0000-0002-4965-9709 12 L. 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G. Manfredi
B. Mansoulié
M. Matusiak
G. Mornacchi
V. Nesvizhevsky
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S. Niang
R. Nishi
B. Ohayon
K. Park
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T. Tanaka
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B. Vallage
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D. Won
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description We present a description of the GBAR positron (e+) trapping apparatus, which consists of a three stage Buffer Gas Trap (BGT) followed by a High Field Penning Trap (HFT), and discuss its performance. The overall goal of the GBAR experiment is to measure the acceleration of the neutral antihydrogen (H) atom in the terrestrial gravitational field by neutralising a positive antihydrogen ion (H+), which has been cooled to a low temperature, and observing the subsequent annihilation following free fall. To produce one ion H+, about 10**10 positrons, efficiently converted into positronium (Ps), together with about antiprotons (p), are required. The positrons, produced from an electron linac-based system, are accumulated first in the BGT whereafter they are stacked in the ultra-high vacuum HFT, where we have been able to trap 1.4(2) x 10**9 positrons in 1100 s.
published_date 2022-10-01T02:26:27Z
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