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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BASE compares protons to antiprotons with high precision

In a paper published today in Nature, BASE reports the most precise comparison of the charge-to-mass ratio of the proton to the antiproton

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12 August, 2015

TEDed animation asks if antimatter falls up

TEDed and CERN physicist Chloé Malbrunot team up to test the principle of universality of free fall for antimatter

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10 October, 2014
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10 October, 2014

New results from the AMS experiment in space

Latest measurements from the AMS experiment unveil new territories in the flux of cosmic rays

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18 September, 2014
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18 September, 2014

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CERN’s ALPHA experiment measures charge of antihydrogen

ALPHA reports a measurement of the electric charge of antihydrogen atoms, finding it to be compatible with zero to eight decimal places

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03 June, 2014

Antimatter experiment produces first beam of antihydrogen

The ASACUSA experiment at CERN has succeeded for the first time in producing a beam of antihydrogen atoms

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21 January, 2014

Join the dots to measure antimatter

Help the AEgIS experiment at CERN to work out how antimatter is affected by gravity. Just join the dots!

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08 August, 2013
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08 August, 2013

Lighting the torch for ELENA

A ground-breaking ceremony today marked the start of construction of an extension to CERN's antimatter facility

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17 June, 2013
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17 June, 2013

ALPHA: Novel investigation of gravity and antimatter

The ALPHA collaboration has published a paper describing the first direct analysis of how antimatter is affected by gravity

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30 April, 2013

LHCb experiment observes new matter-antimatter difference

The LHCb collaboration has made the first observation of matter-antimatter asymmetry in the decays the B<sup>0</sup><sub>s</sub>

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24 April, 2013

ATRAP: Never a dull moment for the antiproton

The ATRAP experiment presents most precise measurement yet of the antiproton magnetic moment

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25 March, 2013