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Imaging a positronium cloud in a 1 Tesla
A. Camper, Stefano Aghion, C. Amsler, M. Antonello, Alexander Belov, G. Bonomi, Roberto Sennen Brusa, M. Caccia, R. Caravita, F. Castelli, G. Cerchiari, D. Comparat, Giovanni Consolati, Andrea Demetrio, L. Di Noto, M. Doser, Craig Evans, Mattia Fanì, R. Ferragut, J. Fesel, A. Fontana, S. Gerber, Marco G. Giammarchi, A. Gligorova, F. Guatieri, Philip Hackstock, Stefan Haider, Alexander Hinterberger, H. Holmestad, A. Kellerbauer, Olga Khalidova, D. Krasnický, Vittorio Lagomarsino, P. Lansonneur, P. Lebrun, C. Malbrunot, S. Mariazzi, Johann Marton, Viktor A. Matveev, Simon Müller, Giancarlo Nebbia, P. Nédélec, Markus K. Oberthaler, Davide Pagano, Luca Penasa, V. Petráček, F. Prelz, M. Prevedelli, Benjamin Rienaecker, Jacques Robert, Ole Myren Rohne, Alberto Rotondi, H. Sandaker, R. Santoro, L. Smestad, Fiodor Sorrentino, G. Testera, Ingmari C. Tietje, Milena Vujanovic, E. Widmann, P. Yzombard, Christian Zimmer, Johann Zmeskal, Nicola Zurlo
Abstract
We report on recent developments in positronium work in the frame of antihydrogen production through charge exchange in the AEgIS collaboration [1]. In particular, we present a new technique based on spatially imaging a cloud of positronium by collecting the positrons emitted by photoionization. This background free diagnostic proves to be highly efficient and opens up new opportunities for spectroscopy on antimatter, control and laser manipulation of positronium clouds as well as Doppler velocimetry.