Three-dimensional annihilation imaging of trapped antiprotons |
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Authors: | Fujiwara M C,Amoretti M,Bonomi G,Bouchta A,Bowe P D,Carraro C,Cesar C L,Charlton M,Doser M,Filippini V,Fontana A,Funakoshi R,Genova P,Hangst J S,Hayano R S,Jørgensen L V,Lagomarsino V,Landua R,Lodi-Rizzini E,Marchesotti M,Macri M,Madsen N,Manuzio G,Montagna P,Riedler P,Rotondi A,Rouleau G,Testera G,Variola A,van der Werf D P,Yamazaki Y ATHENA Collaboration |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan. Makoto.Fujiwara@cern.ch |
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Abstract: | We demonstrate three-dimensional imaging of antiprotons in a Penning trap, by reconstructing annihilation vertices from the trajectories of the charged annihilation products. The unique capability of antiparticle imaging has allowed, for the first time, the observation of the spatial distribution of the particle loss in a Penning trap. The radial loss of antiprotons on the trap wall is localized to small spots, strongly breaking the azimuthal symmetry expected for an ideal trap. Our observations have important implications for detection of antihydrogen annihilations. |
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