Atomic physics with antimatter
Speaker: Prof. Tomasz Sowiński (Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland)
Date, time: January 22, 2025, 1:00 p.m. – 2 p.m.
Abstract: Several high-precision experiments at the Antiproton Decelerator complex at CERN aim to look for any significant differences between matter and antimatter. One of these experiments is AEḡIS, whose primary goal is to test the weak equivalence principle for antimatter by measuring (with atomic accuracy) the free fall of a neutral antihydrogen atom in the Earth’s gravitational field. It turns out that the experimental setup and techniques developed at AEḡIS, when expanded appropriately, can be used to produce on-demand complex bound states of matter and antimatter, and then to study their spectroscopic properties. During my talk, I will present how this research can contribute to a better understanding of antimatter physics and how it could potentially become yet another opportunity for the precise testing of fundamental theories.
Chairman: prof. Konrad Kapcia
https://mtpr.amu.edu.pl/event/speaker-prof-dr-hab-tomasz-sowinski/