Jeffrey S. Hangst
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Denmark and CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
Date
17 April 2019
Host
Paolo Crivelli
Title
Illuminating Antimatter: The ALPHA Antihydrogen Experiment at CERN
Abstract
At CERN, we can now study atoms of antihydrogen – the simplest anti-atom. The Standard Model requires that hydrogen and antihydrogen have the same spectrum. To study antihydrogen, it must first be produced, trapped, and then held for long enough to observe a transition. I will discuss the techniques necessary to achieve the latest groundbreaking results, and then consider the future of spectroscopy and gravitational studies with antihydrogen.
Jeffrey Hangst (right) with Paolo Crivelli (left)