Process for preparing antihydrogen
OwnerBernhard I. Deutchinventor
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Abstract
A process for producing antihydrogen includes providing low energy antiprotons and positronium atoms within an interaction volume. Thermalized positrons are derived by moderating high energy positrons obtained from a high energy source, such as .sup.22 Na. The thermalized positrons are directed by electrostatic lenses to a positronium converter, positioned adjacent a low energy (less than about 50 KeV) circulating antiproton beam confined within an ion trap. Collisions between antiprotons and ortho-positronium atoms generate antihydrogen, a stable antimatter species, with substantial probability.
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A process for producing antihydrogen from antiproton-positronium collisons via Auger capture, the process comprising providing antiprotons having an average energy of less than about 50 KeV and positronium having an average energy on the order of thermal energies within an interaction volume.
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