antimatter

Several experiments at CERN study the properties of antimatter – material composed of antiparticles which have the same mass as matter particles but opposite charge. 

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LIVE: Inside CERN’s antimatter factory

On Thursday 26 April 2018 at 4pm CEST, join the CERN Facebook live from our unique Antiproton Decelerator

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26 April, 2018
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26 April, 2018

A new era of precision for antimatter research

The ALPHA experiment at CERN has measured a light-induced transition in antihydrogen with unprecedented precision

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04 April, 2018

The PUMA project: Antimatter goes nomad

A new European project linking ELENA and ISOLDE plans to trap antimatter in order to explore quantum phenomena in radioactive nuclei

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11 March, 2018
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11 March, 2018

Making antimatter transportable

A project called PUMA aims to transport antimatter from one CERN facility to another in order to investigate exotic nuclear phenomena

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07 March, 2018
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07 March, 2018

A feast of physics to tide us over until Moriond…

CERN has a very rich physics programme not only at the high-energy frontier, let’s take a look at some of the interesting results it’s producing.

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27 February, 2018
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27 February, 2018

A more precise measurement for antimatter than for matter

The BASE collaboration breaks its own precision measurement record of antiproton’s magnetic moment

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19 October, 2017

GBAR’s antiproton decelerator installed

With the connection between ELENA and GBAR already in place, the commissioning of the decelerator with antiprotons is about to begin

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30 August, 2017
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30 August, 2017

First antiprotons in ELENA

The first antiproton beam has been successfully injected and circulated into ELENA, the Extra Low ENergy Antiproton deceleration ring

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04 August, 2017
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04 August, 2017

The ALPHA experiment explores the secrets of antimatter

The ALPHA experiment at CERN’s Antiproton Decelerator reports the first observation of the hyperfine structure of antihydrogen

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03 August, 2017

Raising the (G)bar for antimatter exploration

What is the effect of gravity on antimatter? A new experiment at CERN is preparing to join the quest to find the answer to this question in physics

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17 March, 2017

Paving the way for a new antimatter experiment

The GBAR experiment will create antihydrogen ions at rest to study the action of gravity upon antimatter

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13 March, 2017

BASE precisely measures antiproton’s magnetic moment

CERN experiment reports sixfold improved measurement of the magnetic moment of the antiproton

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18 January, 2017