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024 7 _a10.1007/978-3-642-34484-8
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100 1 _aHydomako, Richard.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDetection of Trapped Antihydrogen
_h[electronic resource] /
_cby Richard Hydomako.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2013.
300 _aXVIII, 169 p. 101 illus., 4 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
_x2190-5053
505 0 _aTheory -- The ALPHA Apparatus and Procedures -- The ALPHA Silicon Detector -- Event Reconstruction in the ALPHA Detector -- Rejection of Background Events -- The Trapping of Antihydrogen.
520 _aIn 2010, the ALPHA collaboration achieved a first for mankind: the stable, long-term storage of atomic antimatter, a project carried out a the Antiproton Decelerator facility at CERN. A crucial element of this observation was a dedicated silicon vertexing detector used to identify and analyze antihydrogen annihilations. This thesis reports the methods used to reconstruct the annihilation location. Specifically, the methods used to identify and extrapolate charged particle tracks and estimate the originating annihilation location are outlined. Finally, the experimental results demonstrating the first-ever magnetic confinement of antihydrogen atoms are presented. These results rely heavily on the silicon detector, and as such, the role of the annihilation vertex reconstruction is emphasized.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aParticle and Nuclear Physics.
650 2 4 _aAtomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.
650 2 4 _aApplied and Technical Physics.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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830 0 _aSpringer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34484-8
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