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US 6,163,587 AGranted
Process for the production of antihydrogen
AssigneeYork University
InventorEric Arthur Hessels
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Abstract
The present invention provides a process for the production of antihydrogen, comprising the steps of: (i) exciting alkali atoms to a Rydberg state; (ii) charge-exchanging the excited alkali atoms with positrons to produce Rydberg-state positronium; and (iii) charge exchanging the Rydberg-state positronium with antiprotons to produce Rydberg-state antihydrogen. Preferably, the Rydberg-state antihydrogen is permitted to decay to ground-state antihydrogen which can be trapped in a magnetic trap.
Claims7
A process for the production of antihydrogen, comprising the steps of
- (i) exciting atoms to a Rydberg state;
- (ii) charge-exchanging the excited atoms with positrons to produce Rydberg-state positronium;
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- (iii) charge-exchanging the Rydberg-state positronium with antiprotons to produce Rydberg-state antihydrogen.
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