Particle tracking at cryogenic temperatures: The Fast Annihilation Cryogenic Tracking (FACT) detector for the AEgIS antimatter gravity experiment
- Storey J.
- Aghion S.
- Amsler C.
- Ariga A.
- Ariga T.
- Belov A.
- Bonomi G.
- Braunig P.
- Bremer J.
- Brusa R.
- Cabaret L.
- Caccia M.
- Caravita R.
- Castelli F.
- Cerchiari G.
- Chlouba K.
- Cialdi S.
- Comparat D.
- Consolati G.
- Derking H.
- Di Noto L.
- Doser M.
- Dudarev A.
- Ereditato A.
- Ferragut R.
- Fontana A.
- Gerber S.
- Giammarchi M.
- Gligorova A.
- Gninenko S.
- Haider S.
- Hogan S.
- Holmestad H.
- Huse T.
- Jordan E. J.
- Kawada J.
- Kellerbauer A.
- Kimura M.
- Krasnicky D.
- Lagomarsino V.
- Lehner S.
- Magnani A.
- Malbrunot C.
- Mariazzi S.
- Matveev V.
- Mazzotta Z.
- Nebbia G.
- Nedelec P.
- Oberthaler M.
- Pacifico N.
- Penasa L.
- Petracek V.
- Pistillo C.
- Prelz F.
- Prevedelli M.
- Ravelli L.
- Riccardi C.
- Rohne O. M.
- Rosenberger S.
- Rotondi A.
- Sandaker H.
- Santoro R.
- Scampoli P.
- Simon M.
- Spacek M.
- Strojek I. M.
- Subieta M.
- Testera G.
- Vaccarone R.
- Widmann E.
- Yzombard P.
- Zavatarelli S.
- Zmeskal J.
DOIAbstract
The AEgIS experiment is an interdisciplinary collaboration between atomic, plasma and particle physicists, with the scientific goal of performing the first precision measurement of the Earth's gravitational acceleration on antimatter. The principle of the experiment is as follows: cold antihydrogen atoms are synthesized in a Penning-Malmberg trap and are Stark accelerated towards a moiré deflectometer, the classical counterpart of an atom interferometer, and annihilate on a position sensitive detector. Crucial to the success of the experiment is an antihydrogen detector that will be used to demonstrate the production of antihydrogen and also to measure the temperature of the anti-atoms and the creation of a beam. The operating requirements ...
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