Speaker
Description
Antimatter lies at the heart of many of the universe’s unanswered questions, but direct study of antimatter structures is technically difficult. ALPHA-g promises the first direct free-fall observation of the Earth’s gravitational force acting on anti-atoms, by precisely recording the annihilation positions of anti-hydrogen atoms after a controlled release from a magnetic trap. Reconstructing these annihilations is a unique challenge requiring a specialized detector system. Furthermore, due to low antihydrogen yield and the slow release timescale, the cosmic ray background provides a an additional obstacle which requires a secondary detector system to overcome. I describe the implementation of the ALPHA-g time projection chamber and “barrel scintillator” cosmic ray veto, and showcase their ability to meet these goals.
| Your Email | gsmith@triumf.ca |
|---|---|
| Supervisor | Makoto Fujiwara |
| Supervisor Email | fujiwara@triumf.ca |
| Funding Agency | NSERC |
