BASE-STEP: a transportable antiproton reservoir for fundamental interaction studies
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Journal Article
Abstract
Currently, the world's only source of low-energy antiprotons is the AD/ELENA facility located at CERN. To date, all precision measurements on single antiprotons have been conducted at this facility and provide stringent tests of fundamental interactions and their symmetries. However, magnetic field fluctuations from the facility operation limit the precision of upcoming measurements. To overcome this limitation, we have designed the transportable antiproton trap system BASE-STEP to relocate antiprotons to laboratories with a calm magnetic environment. We anticipate that the transportable antiproton trap will facilitate enhanced tests of charge, parity, and time-reversal invariance with antiprotons and provide new experimental possibilities of using transported antiprotons and other accelerator-produced exotic ions. We present here the technical design of the transportable trap system. This includes the transportable superconducting magnet, the cryogenic inlay consisting of the trap stack and detection systems, and the differential pumping section to suppress the residual gas flow into the cryogenic trap chamber.
Date Issued
2023-11-01
Date Acceptance
2023-10-09
Citation
Review of Scientific Instruments, 2023, 94 (11)
ISSN
0034-6748
Publisher
American Institute of Physics
Journal / Book Title
Review of Scientific Instruments
Volume
94
Issue
11
Copyright Statement
© 2023 Author(s). Published under an exclusive license by AIP Publishing. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in
Review of Scientific Instruments and may be found at
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0155492
Review of Scientific Instruments and may be found at
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0155492
Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37972020
PII: 2921576
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
United States
Article Number
ARTN 113201
Date Publish Online
2023-11-16