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ASACUSA
Atomic Spectroscopy And Collisions Using Slow Antiprotons

An ANTIMATTER experiment at CERN's antiproton decelerator studying:

  1. Laser and microwave precision spectroscopy of antiprotonic helium atoms (i.e., antiproton+electron+helium nucleus) for testing the CPT (matter-antimatter) symmetry, and cotributing to the fumdamental physical constants.

  2. Antihydrogen ground-state hyperfine splitting measurement, for testing the CPT symmetry.

  3. Atomic and nuclear collision cross sections at extremely low energies.

Last updated Sat, 2010-08-21 8:31 pm


Measurement of the antiproton-nucleus annihilation cross-section at 5.3 MeV
A.Bianconi et al.,
Physics Letters B 704 (2011), pp. 461-466 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2011.09.069)

Two-photon laser spectroscopy of antiprotonic helium and the antiproton-to-electron mass ratio
M. Hori et al.,
Nature 475 (2011), pp. 484–488 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature10260)

First observation of two hyperfine transitions in antiprotonic 3He
S. Friedreich et al.,
Physics Letters B 700 (2011), pp. 1-6 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2011.04.029)

Calculation of transition probabilities and ac Stark shifts in two-photon laser transitions of antiprotonic helium
M. Hori and V.I. Korobov,
Phys. Rev. A 81, 062508 (2010) (http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.81.062508)

Taming GeV Photons & Antimatter - Formation Length-Related Bremsstrahlung Effects & Controlling Slow Positrons
Heine Dølrath Thomsen
(Dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Aarhus University, Denmark, 2010) (pdf)

Spectroscopy of antiprotonic helium atoms and its contribution to the fundamental physical constants
R.S. Hayano,
Proc. Japan Academy Ser-A 86, 1-10 (2010) (http://dx.doi.org/10.2183/pjab.86.1)

ASACUSA Status Report - ASACUSA progress during 2009 and plans for 2010,
R.S. Hayano et al.,
CERN-SPSC-2010-005 ; SPSC-SR-056. (link to CERN CDS http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1234336/files/SPSC-SR-056.pdf)

On the double ionization of helium by very slow antiproton impact
H. Knudsen et al.,
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, Vol 267, p. 244 (2009). (pdf) (http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2008.10.070)

Chirp-corrected, nanosecond Ti:sapphire laser with 6 MHz linewidth for spectroscopy of antiprotonic helium
M. Hori and A. Dax,
Optics Letters, Vol 34, p. 1273 (2009). (pdf) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.34.001273)

Antiproton magnetic moment determined from the HFS of pbar-He+
T. Pask et al.,
Phys. Lett. B 678, 55-59 (2009) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2009.05.038)

Antiprotonic helium and kaonic helium - A tale of two exotic helium atoms
R.S. Hayano,
CANADIAN J Physics 87, 835-842 (2009). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/P08-111)

Collisional dynamics in antiprotonic helium
M. Hori,
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 267, 343-346 (2009) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2008.10.035)

Spatial profile monitors for keV and MeV antiproton beams by
M. Hori,
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A604, 154-157 (2009) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2009.01.159)

ASACUSA status report - ASACUSA progress during 2008 and plans for 2009
R.S. Hayano et al.,
CERN-SPSC-2009-005 ; SPSC-SR-040. - 2009. (link to CERN CDS http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1157062/files/SPSC-SR-040.pdf)

Ionization of helium and argon by very slow antiproton impact
H. Knudsen et al.,
Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol 101, p. 043201 (2008). (pdf) (http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.043201)

Antiproton and proton energy loss straggling at keV energies by
S.P. Møller et al.,
EPJ D 46 89-92 (2008) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2007-00314-3)

Radial compression of an antiproton cloud for production of intense antiproton beams
N. Kuroda et al.,
Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol 100, p. 203402 (2008). (pdf) (http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.203402)

Improved study of the antiprotonic helium hyperfine structure
T. Pask et al.,
J. Phys. B, Vol 41, p. 081008 (2008). (pdf) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/41/8/081008)

Spatial and temporal beam profile monitor with nanosecond resolution for CERN's Linac4 and Superconducting Proton Linac
M. Hori and K. Hanke,
Nucl. Inst. Meth. Phys. Res. A 588, 359 (2008). (pdf) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2008.01.078)

ASACUSA STATUS REPORT - ASACUSA progress during 2007 and plans for 2008 SPSC-SR-027 ; CERN-SPSC-2008-002. - 2008. (link to CERN CDS http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/1079362/files/spsc-2008-002.pdf)

Testing CPT invariance with antiprotonic atoms
Dezso Horvath
Radiation Physics and Chemistry 76, 397-403 (2007) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2006.01.037)

Antiprotonic helium and CPT invariance (A comprehensive review on antiprotonic helium)
R.S. Hayano et al.,
Reports on Progress in Physics, Vol 70, p. 1995 (2007) (pdf) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0034-4885/70/12/R01)

Weighing the antiproton by partsper-billion-scale laser spectroscopy of antiprotonic helium
R.S. Hayano,
CANADIAN J. Physics 85, 453-460 (2007) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/P07-013)

Determining the antiproton magnetic moment from measurements of the hyperfine structure of antiprotonic helium
D. Bakalov and E. Widmann,
Phys. Rev. A 76, 012512 (2007) (http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.76.012512)

ASACUSA STATUS REPORT - ASACUSA progress during 2006 and plans for 2007
R.S. Hayano et al.
(CERN-SPSC-2007-003 / SPSC-SR-015) (pdf) and slides shown on Feb 6 at SPSC-80 (pdf)

Low temperature behavior of collisions between antiprotonic helium and hydrogen molecules and an indication of the Wigner threshold law
B. Juhasz et al., available online in
Chem. Phy. Lett. 427, 246 (2006). (pdf) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2006.06.079)

Determination of the Antiproton-to-Electron Mass Ratio by Precision Laser Spectroscopy of Pbar-He+ by
M. Hori et al.,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 243401 (2006). (pdf) (http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.243401)

Ground-state hyperfine splitting of antihydrogen
R.S. Hayano,
Hyperfine Int. 172, 53-62 (2006) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10751-007-9525-4)

Photocathode microwire monitor for nondestructive and highly sensitive spatial profile measurements of ultraviolet, x-ray, and charged particle beams
M. Hori,
Rev. Sci. Instr. 76, 113303 (2005). (pdf) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2130931)

Observation of Cold, Long-lived Antiprotonic Helium Ions
M. Hori et al,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 063401 (2005). (pdf) (http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.063401)

ASACUSA 2004 Status Report(CERN/SPSC 2005-001, SPSC-M-728 ) (pdf), ASACUSA proposal addendum (CERN/SPSC 2005-002, SPSC P-307 Add.1) (pdf)

Confinement of a large number of antiprotons and production of an ultraslow antiproton beam
N. Kuroda et al.,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 023401 (2005). (pdf) (http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.023401)

Cryogenic tunable microwave cavity at 13 GHz for hyperfine spectroscopy of antiprotonic helium
J. Sakaguchi et al,
Nucl. Instr. Meth. A 533 (2004) 598 (pdf) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2004.06.144)

Populations and lifetimes in the v = n-l-1 = 2 and 3 metastable cascades of He+ measured by pulsed and continuous antiproton beams
M. Hori et al.,
Phys. Rev. A 70, 012504 (2004) (pdf) (http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.70.012504)

Systematic study of the decay rates of antiprotonic helium states
H. Yamaguchi et al.,
Phys. Rev. A 70, 012501 (2004) (pdf) (http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.70.012501)

Precision measurements on the properties of antiprotons
M. Hori
Physics Reports 403-404, 337-347 (2004) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physrep.2004.09.002)

Stopping power in insulators and metals without charge exchange
S.P. Møller et al.,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 042502 (pdf) (http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.042502)

Antiproton mass measured to10 parts per billion by ASACUSA (Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 123401 (2003)) is in Particle Data Book PDG2004.

ASACUSA enters a new world of precision - a feature article of Hori et al., written by John Eades, in CERN Courier Vol 44 (read the article)

ASACUSA probes the astrophysical 'ice age' - a feature article of Juhasz et al. in CERN Courier Vol 44 (read the article)

An apparatus to measure stopping powers for low-energy protons and antiprotons
Anderson et al.,
Nucl. Instr. and Methods B194 (2002) 217-225 (pdf) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-583X(02)00692-4)

Parallel plate chambers for monitoring the profiles of high-intensity pulsed antiproton beams
M. Hori,
NIM A 522 (2004) 420. (pdf) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2003.11.200)

ASACUSA 2003 status report
R.S. Hayano et al.
(CERN/SPSC 2004-003, SPSC-M-711) (pdf),

Resolution-enhancement of pbar-helium atomic line profiles measured using a pulsed dye laser and Fizeau wavelength meter
M. Hori et al.,
Optics Letters 28 (2003) 2479. (pdf) (http://dex.doi.org/10.1364/OL.28.002479)

Direct measurement of transition frequencies in isolated pbar-He+ atoms, and new CPT violation limits on the antiproton charge and mass
M. Hori et al.,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 91 (2003) 123401 (pdf) (http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.123401)

Quantum tunnelling effects revealed in collisions of antiprotonic helium with hydrogenic molecules at low temperatures
B. Juhasz et al.,
Chem. Phys. Lett. 379 (2003) 91-98 (pdf) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cplett.2003.08.041)

Transport beam line for ultraslow monoenergetic antiprotons
K. Yoshiki Franzen et al.,
Rev. Sci. Instr. 75 (2003) 3305-3311 (pdf) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1578160)

ASACUSA 2002 status report (SPSC/M695), "Measurement of the antihydrogen hyperfine structure" a letter of intent (SPSC-I-226).

Analog Cherenkov detectors used in laser spectroscopy experiment on antiprotonic helium
M. Hori et al.,
NIM-A496 (2003) 102-122. (pdf) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-9002(02)01618-2)

Hyperfine Structure of Antiprotonic Helium Revealed by a Laser-microwave-laser resonance method
E. Widmann et al.,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 (2002) 243402 (pdf) (http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.243402)

Anomalies in the decay rates of antiprotonic helium atom states
H. Yamaguchi et al.,
Phys. Rev. A 66 (2002) 022504 (pdf) (http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.66.022504)

Primary populations of metastable antiprotonic 4He and 3He atoms
M. Hori et al.,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 (2002) 093401 (pdf) (http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.093401)

Antiproton mass measured by ASACUSA (Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 093401 (2001)) is in Particle Data Book PDG2002.

Antiprotonic helium
T. Yamazaki, N. Morita, R.S. Hayano, E. Widmann, J. Eades
Physics Reports, 366, 183-329 (2002) (pdf) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0370-1573(01)00082-5)

Antiproton Stopping at Low Energies: Confirmation of Velocity-Proportional Stopping Power
S.P. Møller et al.,
Physical Review Letters 88 (2002) 193201 (pdf) (http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.193201)

Quenching of metastable antiprotonic helium atoms in collisions with deuterium molecules
B. Juhasz et al.,
Eur. Phys. J. D 18, 261-266 (2002) (pdf) (http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e20020046)

Experimental Investigations of the Energy Loss of Slow Protons and Antiprotons in Matter
Alex Csete (master thesis, Aarhus University) (pdf)

ASACUSA 2001 status report (SPSC/M674)

Weighing the antiproton an exciting story about ASACUSA by John Eades in the October issue of CERN Courier

The FIRST Physical Review Letters from Antiproton Decelerator
Sub-ppm laser spectroscopy of antiprotonic helium and a CPT-violation limit on the antiprotonic charge and mass

M. Hori et al,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 093401 (2001) (pdf here), also reporeted in Physics News Update, AIP (http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.093401)


List of ASACUSA members. ASACUSA is funded by the following grants and agencies:

Grant-in-Aid for of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Science and Culture

U.Tokyo (Hongo): D. Barna, A. Dax, R.S. Hayano, T. Kobayashi, W. Pirkl, K. Todoroki
U.Tokyo (Komaba): C. Kim, N. Kuroda, Y. Masuda, H.A. Torii
RIKEN: Y. Enomoto, H. Higaki, Y. Kanai, K. Michishio, Y. Yamazaki

link to hayano group (hongo), and to Trap page (komaba)
Austrian Academy of Sciences

S. Federmann, S. Friedreich, B. Juhasz, O. Massiczek, E. Widmann, J. Zmeskal

link to SMI
The Centre for CERN related Atomic and Nuclear Physics under the Danish Natural Science Foundation, and Institute for Storage Ring Facilities, Aarhus University

H. Knudsen, H-P. Kristiansen, S.P. Moller, H.D. Thomsen, U. Uggerhoj

link to the atomic collisions page at Aarhus
The Hungarian Committee for Technical Development (OMFB TeT) and Hungarian Science Foundation (OTKA)

KFKI: D. Horvath, P. Zalan
ATOMKI: K. Tokesi
INFN Brescia group

M. Corradini, M. Leali, E. Lodi-Rizzini, L. Venturelli, N. Zurlo
University of Swansea: M. Charlton

The Queen's University of Belfast: C.A. Hunniford, R.W. McCullough
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik

M. Hori, A. Soter

link to Hori group at MPQ

Spokesperson: Ryugo S. Hayano, Physics Department, University of Tokyo 

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