Production and detection of cold antihydrogen atoms

Nature

Volumn 419, Issue 6906, 2002, Pages 456-459

  Amoretti, M ^a   Amsler, C ^c   Bonomi, G ^d,e   Bouchta, A ^d   Bowe, P ^f   Carraro, C ^a   Cesar, C L ^g   Chaliton, M ^h   Collier, M J T ^h   Doser, M ^d   Filippini, V ⁱ   Fine, F S ^d   Fontana, A ^i,j   Fujiwara, M C ^k   Funakoshi, R ^k   Genova, P ^i,j   Hangst, J S ^f   Hayano, R S ^k   Holzscheiter, M H ^d   Jorgensen L V ^h   Lagomarsino, V ^a,b   Landua, R ^d   Lindelof D ^c   Rizzini, E Lodi ^e,i   Macri M ^a   Madsen, N ^c   Manuzio, G ^a,b   Marchesotti, M ⁱ   Montagna, P ^i,j   Pruys, H ^c   Regenfus, C ^c   Riedler, P ^d   Rochet, J ^c,h   Rotondi, A ^i,j   Rouleau, G ^d,h   Testera, G ^a   Variola, A ^a   Watson, T L ^h   Van Der Werf, D P ^h   more..

^a INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c PHYSIK INSTITUT DER UNIVERSITÄT ZÜRICH   (Switzerland)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^g FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^h SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ INFN SEZIONE DI PAVIA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; POSITRONS; PROTONS;

COLD ANTIHYDROGEN ATOMS;

HYDROGEN;

HYDROGEN; PROTON;

CHEMISTRY; CRYOGENIC FLUID;

ARTICLE; IMAGING; PHYSICS; POSITRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SPECTRUM; THEORY;

EID: 2942576076     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature01096     Document Type: Article

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