Published October 27, 2023 | Version v1
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Study the performance of silicon multiplier detector with Amplifier in Oscilloscope

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  • 1. ROR icon Swansea University

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Alpha is a unique experiment at CERN that can produce anti-hydrogen atoms, hold them in a specially designed magnetic trap, and then manipulate these anti-atoms slightly. Trapping atoms helps scientists study them using lasers or other radiation sources. Antiprotons or positrons are easy to move and trap because they are charged particles. But when the two are combined to make neutral hydrogen, they become much more difficult to trap, so the scientists designed a very special magnetic trap that relies on the fact that antihydrogen is marginally magnetic. Antihydrogen is obtained from the plasma combination of about 90,000 antiprotons and positrons, as a result of which about 25,000 antihydrogen atoms are produced. If the antihydrogen atoms move slowly enough, they can be trapped. By shining a laser beam (with a very precise and controlled frequency) 4 on the trapped atoms, scientists can observe the interaction of this beam with the internal states of antihydrogen. In this experiment, 1S-2S transition was observed. The 2S state in atomic hydrogen has a long lifetime that results in a natural width in the spectral line, so it is very suitable for precise measurements.

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CERN-STUDENTS-Note-2023-222

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