Positron plasma control techniques for the production of cold antihydrogen
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R. Funakoshi, M. Amoretti,* G. Bonomi, P. D. Bowe, C. Canali, C. Carraro, C. L. Cesar, M. Charlton, M. Doser, A. Fontana, M. C. Fujiwara, P. Genova, J. S. Hangst, R. S. Hayano, L. V. Jørgensen, A. Kellerbauer,* V. Lagomarsino, R. Landua, E. Lodi Rizzini, M. Macrì, N. Madsen, G. Manuzio, D. Mitchard, P. Montagna, L. G. C. Posada, A. Rotondi, G. Testera, A. Variola, L. Venturelli, D. P. van der Werf, Y. Yamazaki, and N. Zurlo ATHENA Collaboration Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Genova, 16146 Genova, Italy Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica, Università di Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy Dipartimento di Fisica Nucleare e Teorica, Università di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova, 16146 Genova, Italy Instituto de Fisica, Universidade do Brasil, Cx Postal 68528, Rio de Janeiro 21941-972, Brazil Department of Physics, University of Wales Swansea, Swansea SA2 8PP, United Kingdom PH Department, CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy TRIUMF, 4004 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 2A3, Canada Atomic Physics Laboratory, RIKEN, Saitama 351-0198, Japan Dipartimento di Chimica e Fisica per l’Ingegneria e per i Materiali, Università di Brescia, 25133 Brescia, Italy Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Gruppo Collegato di Brescia, 25133 Brescia, Italy Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan Received 22 April 2007; published 19 July 2007
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تاریخ انتشار 2007