Objective
Work has continued in preparation for the synthesis of antihydrogen. A magnetically guided positron beam line has been built for research on components needed for the main equipment. It has been used in the construction of moderators for slow positron emission, in experiments to study the ionization of noble gases by positron and electron impact, and in studies of transmission positronium through thin films. Thermal transmission positronium was successfully formed from a thin silver foil at an efficiency greater than 10%.
The next step in the process is to synthesize hydrogen from positronium using a proton beam, to test that the antihydrogen reaction is possible. A proton ion source has been optimized, and the positron beam current has been increased. A triple coincidence apparatus to measure positronium density on the target has been succesfully tested. An antiproton RFQ ion trap has been designed and constructed.
The technologies being developed for the creation of antimatter as antihydrogen (H-) are described. These technologies are namely: a high intensity electrostatically focussed positron (e+) beam, thermal positronium (Ps) converters, and an antiproton (p-) radio frequency quadrupole ion trap. The method of production based upon Ps-pcollisions will yield monoenergetic H- beams in an energy range from 0 to 20 keV with an intensity of 1 H- s-1 at a few keV. Enhancements of this rate to 10 - 1000 H-s-1 by increased Beta+ source strenght, increased low energy e+ moderation efficency and improved Ps "beam" optics are feasible.
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- engineering and technology electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering information engineering telecommunications radio technology radio frequency
- natural sciences chemical sciences inorganic chemistry noble gases
- natural sciences chemical sciences inorganic chemistry transition metals
- engineering and technology materials engineering coating and films
- natural sciences physical sciences optics
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