Resonance spectroscopy of gravitational quantum states of antihydrogen

17 Sep 2014, 16:30
20m
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Speaker

Dr Alexei Voronin (Lebedev Physical Institute)

Description

Phenomena of quantum reflection enables existence of long-living quantum states of antihydrogen, bouncing above material surface in gravitational field of the Earth. The typical life-time of such states is of order of $0.1$ s. Such states become a promising laboratory for studding gravitational properties of antimatter. We dicsuss methods of precision measuring energy level spacing based on inducing resonance transition between lowest gravitational states. Different sources of shift of resonance lines, including acStark shift are studdied. Accurate measuring of energy level spacing gives acces to the gravitational mass of antihydrogen. We demonstrate that statistical accuracy of determination of gravitational mass of antihydrogen with amounts of antiatoms available in planning experiments is of order of $10^-4$.

Primary author

Dr Alexei Voronin (Lebedev Physical Institute)

Co-author

Dr Valery Nesvizhevsky (ILL)

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