First spectroscopic measurement of an anti-atom
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - 16:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists have captured and held atoms of antihydrogen, a single antiproton orbited by a single positron. Now, by measuring antihydrogen's hyperfine structure, they have achieved another first in antimatter science with the very first measurements of the energy spectrum of an anti-atom.
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