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Wiesinger M, Stuhlmann F, Bohman M, Micke P, Will C, Yildiz H, Abbass F, Arndt BP, Devlin JA, Erlewein S, Fleck M, Jäger JI, Latacz BM, Schweitzer D, Umbrazunas G, Wursten E, Blaum K, Matsuda Y, Mooser A, Quint W, Soter A, Walz J, Smorra C, Ulmer S. Trap-integrated fluorescence detection with silicon photomultipliers for sympathetic laser cooling in a cryogenic Penning trap. Rev Sci Instrum 2023; 94:123202. [PMID: 38109470 DOI: 10.1063/5.0170629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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We present a fluorescence-detection system for laser-cooled 9Be+ ions based on silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) operated at 4 K and integrated into our cryogenic 1.9 T multi-Penning-trap system. Our approach enables fluorescence detection in a hermetically sealed cryogenic Penning-trap chamber with limited optical access, where state-of-the-art detection using a telescope and photomultipliers at room temperature would be extremely difficult. We characterize the properties of the SiPM in a cryocooler at 4 K, where we measure a dark count rate below 1 s-1 and a detection efficiency of 2.5(3)%. We further discuss the design of our cryogenic fluorescence-detection trap and analyze the performance of our detection system by fluorescence spectroscopy of 9Be+ ion clouds during several runs of our sympathetic laser-cooling experiment.
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- M Wiesinger
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland
- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland
- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland
- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, John-von-Neumann-Weg 9, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland
- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, John-von-Neumann-Weg 9, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Staudingerweg 18, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Staudingerweg 7, 55128 Mainz, Germany
- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Universitätsstrasse 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Smorra C, Abbass F, Schweitzer D, Bohman M, Devine JD, Dutheil Y, Hobl A, Arndt B, Bauer BB, Devlin JA, Erlewein S, Fleck M, Jäger JI, Latacz BM, Micke P, Schiffelholz M, Umbrazunas G, Wiesinger M, Will C, Wursten E, Yildiz H, Blaum K, Matsuda Y, Mooser A, Ospelkaus C, Quint W, Soter A, Walz J, Yamazaki Y, Ulmer S. BASE-STEP: A transportable antiproton reservoir for fundamental interaction studies. Rev Sci Instrum 2023; 94:113201. [PMID: 37972020 DOI: 10.1063/5.0155492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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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.
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- C Smorra
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Japan
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Bilfinger Noell GmbH, Würzburg, Germany
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Japan
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Japan
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Japan
- CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Japan
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Japan
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Japan
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Japan
- CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Japan
- Eidgenössisch Technische Hochschule Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Japan
- CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
- Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Eidgenössisch Technische Hochschule Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Japan
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Japan
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Latacz BM, Arndt BP, Devlin JA, Erlewein SR, Fleck M, Jäger JI, Micke P, Umbrazunas G, Wursten E, Abbass F, Schweitzer D, Wiesinger M, Will C, Yildiz H, Blaum K, Matsuda Y, Mooser A, Ospelkaus C, Smorra C, Sótér A, Quint W, Walz J, Yamazaki Y, Ulmer S. Ultra-thin polymer foil cryogenic window for antiproton deceleration and storage. Rev Sci Instrum 2023; 94:103310. [PMID: 37874231 DOI: 10.1063/5.0167262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
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We present the design and characterization of a cryogenic window based on an ultra-thin aluminized biaxially oriented polyethylene terephthalate foil at T < 10 K, which can withstand a pressure difference larger than 1 bar at a leak rate <1×10-9 mbar l/s. Its thickness of ∼1.7 μm makes it transparent to various types of particles over a broad energy range. To optimize the transfer of 100 keV antiprotons through the window, we tested the degrading properties of different aluminum coated polymer foils of thicknesses between 900 and 2160 nm, concluding that 1760 nm foil decelerates antiprotons to an average energy of 5 keV. We have also explicitly studied the permeation as a function of coating thickness and temperature and have performed extensive thermal and mechanical endurance and stress tests. Our final design integrated into the experiment has an effective open surface consisting of seven holes with a diameter of 1 mm and will transmit up to 2.5% of the injected 100 keV antiproton beam delivered by the Antiproton Decelerator and Extra Low ENergy Antiproton ring facility of CERN.
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- B M Latacz
- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland
- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- GSI-Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstraße 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland
- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-0041, Japan
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland
- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland
- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, John-von-Neumann-Weg 9, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-0041, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität, Welfengarten 1, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, John-von-Neumann-Weg 9, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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- GSI-Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstraße 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
- Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudingerweg 18, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland
- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Latacz BM, Arndt BP, Bauer BB, Devlin JA, Erlewein SR, Fleck M, Jäger JI, Schiffelholz M, Umbrazunas G, Wursten EJ, Abbass F, Micke P, Popper D, Wiesinger M, Will C, Yildiz H, Blaum K, Matsuda Y, Mooser A, Ospelkaus C, Quint W, Soter A, Walz J, Yamazaki Y, Smorra C, Ulmer S. BASE-high-precision comparisons of the fundamental properties of protons and antiprotons. Eur Phys J D At Mol Opt Phys 2023; 77:94. [PMID: 37288385 PMCID: PMC10241734 DOI: 10.1140/epjd/s10053-023-00672-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Abstract The BASE collaboration at the antiproton decelerator/ELENA facility of CERN compares the fundamental properties of protons and antiprotons with ultra-high precision. Using advanced Penning trap systems, we have measured the proton and antiproton magnetic moments with fractional uncertainties of 300 parts in a trillion (p.p.t.) and 1.5 parts in a billion (p.p.b.), respectively. The combined measurements improve the resolution of the previous best test in that sector by more than a factor of 3000. Very recently, we have compared the antiproton/proton charge-to-mass ratios with a fractional precision of 16 p.p.t., which improved the previous best measurement by a factor of 4.3. These results allowed us also to perform a differential matter/antimatter clock comparison test to limits better than 3 %. Our measurements enable us to set limits on 22 coefficients of CPT- and Lorentz-violating standard model extensions (SME) and to search for potentially asymmetric interactions between antimatter and dark matter. In this article, we review some of the recent achievements and outline recent progress towards a planned improved measurement of the antiproton magnetic moment with an at least tenfold improved fractional accuracy. Graphic Abstract
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- B. M. Latacz
- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- GSI-Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, 153-0041 Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
- Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
- Eidgenössisch Technische Hochschule Zürich, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- CERN, Esplanade des Particules 1, 1217 Meyrin, Switzerland
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo, 153-0041 Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
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- GSI-Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Eidgenössisch Technische Hochschule Zürich, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
- Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudingerweg 18, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 7, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-0198 Japan
- Heinrich-Heine Universität, Universitätsstraße 1, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
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Völksen F, Devlin JA, Borchert MJ, Erlewein SR, Fleck M, Jäger JI, Latacz BM, Micke P, Nuschke P, Umbrazunas G, Wursten EJ, Abbass F, Bohman MA, Popper D, Wiesinger M, Will C, Blaum K, Matsuda Y, Mooser A, Ospelkaus C, Smorra C, Soter A, Quint W, Walz J, Yamazaki Y, Ulmer S. A high-Q superconducting toroidal medium frequency detection system with a capacitively adjustable frequency range >180 kHz. Rev Sci Instrum 2022; 93:093303. [PMID: 36182508 DOI: 10.1063/5.0089182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We describe a newly developed polytetrafluoroethylene/copper capacitor driven by a cryogenic piezoelectric slip-stick stage and demonstrate with the chosen layout cryogenic capacitance tuning of ≈60 pF at ≈10 pF background capacitance. Connected to a highly sensitive superconducting toroidal LC circuit, we demonstrate tuning of the resonant frequency between 345 and 685 kHz, at quality factors Q > 100 000. Connected to a cryogenic ultra low noise amplifier, a frequency tuning range between 520 and 710 kHz is reached, while quality factors Q > 86 000 are achieved. This new device can be used as a versatile image current detector in high-precision Penning-trap experiments or as an LC-circuit-based haloscope detector to search for the conversion of axion-like dark matter to radio-frequency photons. This new development increases the sensitive detection bandwidth of our axion haloscope by a factor of ≈1000.
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- F Völksen
- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, 3-8-1 Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-0041, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, D-69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität, Welfengarten 1, D-30167 Hannover, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Eidgenössisch Technische Hochschule Zürich, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland
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- GSI-Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Planckstraße 1, D-64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Staudinger Weg 7, D-55099 Mainz, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Borchert MJ, Devlin JA, Erlewein SR, Fleck M, Harrington JA, Higuchi T, Latacz BM, Voelksen F, Wursten EJ, Abbass F, Bohman MA, Mooser AH, Popper D, Wiesinger M, Will C, Blaum K, Matsuda Y, Ospelkaus C, Quint W, Walz J, Yamazaki Y, Smorra C, Ulmer S. A 16-parts-per-trillion measurement of the antiproton-to-proton charge-mass ratio. Nature 2022; 601:53-57. [PMID: 34987217 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04203-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
The standard model of particle physics is both incredibly successful and glaringly incomplete. Among the questions left open is the striking imbalance of matter and antimatter in the observable universe1, which inspires experiments to compare the fundamental properties of matter/antimatter conjugates with high precision2-5. Our experiments deal with direct investigations of the fundamental properties of protons and antiprotons, performing spectroscopy in advanced cryogenic Penning trap systems6. For instance, we previously compared the proton/antiproton magnetic moments with 1.5 parts per billion fractional precision7,8, which improved upon previous best measurements9 by a factor of greater than 3,000. Here we report on a new comparison of the proton/antiproton charge-to-mass ratios with a fractional uncertainty of 16 parts per trillion. Our result is based on the combination of four independent long-term studies, recorded in a total time span of 1.5 years. We use different measurement methods and experimental set-ups incorporating different systematic effects. The final result, [Formula: see text], is consistent with the fundamental charge-parity-time reversal invariance, and improves the precision of our previous best measurement6 by a factor of 4.3. The measurement tests the standard model at an energy scale of 1.96 × 10-27 gigaelectronvolts (confidence level 0.68), and improves ten coefficients of the standard model extension10. Our cyclotron clock study also constrains hypothetical interactions mediating violations of the clock weak equivalence principle (WEPcc) for antimatter to less than 1.8 × 10-7, and enables the first differential test of the WEPcc using antiprotons11. From this interpretation we constrain the differential WEPcc-violating coefficient to less than 0.030.
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- M J Borchert
- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan.,Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany.,Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan.,CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland
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- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan.,CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland.,Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan.,Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan.,Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan.,Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan
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- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan.,GSI-Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan.,CERN, Meyrin, Switzerland.,Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
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- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan.,Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
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- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan.,Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany.,Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany
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- GSI-Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany.,Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
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- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan
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- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan.,Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
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- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan.
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Bohman M, Grunhofer V, Smorra C, Wiesinger M, Will C, Borchert MJ, Devlin JA, Erlewein S, Fleck M, Gavranovic S, Harrington J, Latacz B, Mooser A, Popper D, Wursten E, Blaum K, Matsuda Y, Ospelkaus C, Quint W, Walz J, Ulmer S. Sympathetic cooling of a trapped proton mediated by an LC circuit. Nature 2021; 596:514-518. [PMID: 34433946 PMCID: PMC8387233 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03784-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Efficient cooling of trapped charged particles is essential to many fundamental physics experiments1,2, to high-precision metrology3,4 and to quantum technology5,6. Until now, sympathetic cooling has required close-range Coulomb interactions7,8, but there has been a sustained desire to bring laser-cooling techniques to particles in macroscopically separated traps5,9,10, extending quantum control techniques to previously inaccessible particles such as highly charged ions, molecular ions and antimatter. Here we demonstrate sympathetic cooling of a single proton using laser-cooled Be+ ions in spatially separated Penning traps. The traps are connected by a superconducting LC circuit that enables energy exchange over a distance of 9 cm. We also demonstrate the cooling of a resonant mode of a macroscopic LC circuit with laser-cooled ions and sympathetic cooling of an individually trapped proton, reaching temperatures far below the environmental temperature. Notably, as this technique uses only image-current interactions, it can be easily applied to an experiment with antiprotons1, facilitating improved precision in matter-antimatter comparisons11 and dark matter searches12,13.
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- M Bohman
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany.
- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Saitama, Japan.
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Saitama, Japan
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Saitama, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Saitama, Japan
- Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Saitama, Japan
- CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Saitama, Japan
- CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Saitama, Japan
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Saitama, Japan
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Saitama, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Saitama, Japan
- CERN, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany
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- GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany
- Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- RIKEN, Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Saitama, Japan
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Smorra C, Stadnik YV, Blessing PE, Bohman M, Borchert MJ, Devlin JA, Erlewein S, Harrington JA, Higuchi T, Mooser A, Schneider G, Wiesinger M, Wursten E, Blaum K, Matsuda Y, Ospelkaus C, Quint W, Walz J, Yamazaki Y, Budker D, Ulmer S. Direct limits on the interaction of antiprotons with axion-like dark matter. Nature 2019; 575:310-314. [DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1727-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2019] [Accepted: 09/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Borchert MJ, Blessing PE, Devlin JA, Harrington JA, Higuchi T, Morgner J, Smorra C, Wursten E, Bohman M, Wiesinger M, Mooser A, Blaum K, Matsuda Y, Ospelkaus C, Quint W, Walz J, Yamazaki Y, Ulmer S. Measurement of Ultralow Heating Rates of a Single Antiproton in a Cryogenic Penning Trap. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:043201. [PMID: 30768304 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.043201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
We report on the first detailed study of motional heating in a cryogenic Penning trap using a single antiproton. Employing the continuous Stern-Gerlach effect we observe cyclotron quantum transition rates of 6(1) quanta/h and an electric-field noise spectral density below 7.5(3.4)×10^{-20} V^{2} m^{-2} Hz^{-1}, which corresponds to a scaled noise spectral density below 8.8(4.0)×10^{-12} V^{2} m^{-2}, results which are more than 2 orders of magnitude smaller than those reported by other ion-trap experiments.
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- M J Borchert
- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- GSI-Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- CERN, 1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
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- GSI-Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
- Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, 69047 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
- Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Atomic Physics Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Ulmer S, Mooser A, Nagahama H, Sellner S, Smorra C. Challenging the standard model by high-precision comparisons of the fundamental properties of protons and antiprotons. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2018; 376:rsta.2017.0275. [PMID: 29459414 PMCID: PMC5829177 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2017.0275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/01/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The BASE collaboration investigates the fundamental properties of protons and antiprotons, such as charge-to-mass ratios and magnetic moments, using advanced cryogenic Penning trap systems. In recent years, we performed the most precise measurement of the magnetic moments of both the proton and the antiproton, and conducted the most precise comparison of the proton-to-antiproton charge-to-mass ratio. In addition, we have set the most stringent constraint on directly measured antiproton lifetime, based on a unique reservoir trap technique. Our matter/antimatter comparison experiments provide stringent tests of the fundamental charge-parity-time invariance, which is one of the fundamental symmetries of the standard model of particle physics. This article reviews the recent achievements of BASE and gives an outlook to our physics programme in the ELENA era.This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue 'Antiproton physics in the ELENA era'.
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- S Ulmer
- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Ulmer Fundamental Symmetries Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Smorra C, Sellner S, Borchert MJ, Harrington JA, Higuchi T, Nagahama H, Tanaka T, Mooser A, Schneider G, Bohman M, Blaum K, Matsuda Y, Ospelkaus C, Quint W, Walz J, Yamazaki Y, Ulmer S. A parts-per-billion measurement of the antiproton magnetic moment. Nature 2017; 550:371-374. [DOI: 10.1038/nature24048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Nagahama H, Smorra C, Sellner S, Harrington J, Higuchi T, Borchert MJ, Tanaka T, Besirli M, Mooser A, Schneider G, Blaum K, Matsuda Y, Ospelkaus C, Quint W, Walz J, Yamazaki Y, Ulmer S. Sixfold improved single particle measurement of the magnetic moment of the antiproton. Nat Commun 2017; 8:14084. [PMID: 28098156 PMCID: PMC5253646 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Accepted: 11/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Our current understanding of the Universe comes, among others, from particle physics and cosmology. In particle physics an almost perfect symmetry between matter and antimatter exists. On cosmological scales, however, a striking matter/antimatter imbalance is observed. This contradiction inspires comparisons of the fundamental properties of particles and antiparticles with high precision. Here we report on a measurement of the g-factor of the antiproton with a fractional precision of 0.8 parts per million at 95% confidence level. Our value /2=2.7928465(23) outperforms the previous best measurement by a factor of 6. The result is consistent with our proton g-factor measurement gp/2=2.792847350(9), and therefore agrees with the fundamental charge, parity, time (CPT) invariance of the Standard Model of particle physics. Additionally, our result improves coefficients of the standard model extension which discusses the sensitivity of experiments with respect to CPT violation by up to a factor of 20.
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- H. Nagahama
- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- CERN, CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, QUEST, Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany
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- GSI-Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55099 Mainz, Germany
- Helmholtz-Institut Mainz, sektion MAM, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- RIKEN, Atomic Physics Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Nagahama H, Schneider G, Mooser A, Smorra C, Sellner S, Harrington J, Higuchi T, Borchert M, Tanaka T, Besirli M, Blaum K, Matsuda Y, Ospelkaus C, Quint W, Walz J, Yamazaki Y, Ulmer S. Highly sensitive superconducting circuits at ∼700 kHz with tunable quality factors for image-current detection of single trapped antiprotons. Rev Sci Instrum 2016; 87:113305. [PMID: 27910537 DOI: 10.1063/1.4967493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Accepted: 10/30/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
We developed highly sensitive image-current detection systems based on superconducting toroidal coils and ultra-low noise amplifiers for non-destructive measurements of the axial frequencies (550-800 kHz) of single antiprotons stored in a cryogenic multi-Penning-trap system. The unloaded superconducting tuned circuits show quality factors of up to 500 000, which corresponds to a factor of 10 improvement compared to our previously used solenoidal designs. Connected to ultra-low noise amplifiers and the trap system, signal-to-noise-ratios of 30 dB at quality factors of >20 000 are achieved. In addition, we have developed a superconducting switch which allows continuous tuning of the detector's quality factor and to sensitively tune the particle-detector interaction. This allowed us to improve frequency resolution at constant averaging time, which is crucial for single antiproton spin-transition spectroscopy experiments, as well as improved measurements of the proton-to-antiproton charge-to-mass ratio.
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- H Nagahama
- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Saupfercheckweg 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Institut für Quantenoptik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Welfengarten 1, 30167 Hannover, Germany
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- GSI - Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55099 Mainz, Germany
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- RIKEN, Atomic Physics Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Ulmer S, Smorra C, Mooser A, Franke K, Nagahama H, Schneider G, Higuchi T, Van Gorp S, Blaum K, Matsuda Y, Quint W, Walz J, Yamazaki Y. High-precision comparison of the antiproton-to-proton charge-to-mass ratio. Nature 2015; 524:196-9. [PMID: 26268189 DOI: 10.1038/nature14861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Invariance under the charge, parity, time-reversal (CPT) transformation is one of the fundamental symmetries of the standard model of particle physics. This CPT invariance implies that the fundamental properties of antiparticles and their matter-conjugates are identical, apart from signs. There is a deep link between CPT invariance and Lorentz symmetry--that is, the laws of nature seem to be invariant under the symmetry transformation of spacetime--although it is model dependent. A number of high-precision CPT and Lorentz invariance tests--using a co-magnetometer, a torsion pendulum and a maser, among others--have been performed, but only a few direct high-precision CPT tests that compare the fundamental properties of matter and antimatter are available. Here we report high-precision cyclotron frequency comparisons of a single antiproton and a negatively charged hydrogen ion (H(-)) carried out in a Penning trap system. From 13,000 frequency measurements we compare the charge-to-mass ratio for the antiproton (q/m)p- to that for the proton (q/m)p and obtain (q/m)p-/(q/m)p − 1 =1(69) × 10(-12). The measurements were performed at cyclotron frequencies of 29.6 megahertz, so our result shows that the CPT theorem holds at the atto-electronvolt scale. Our precision of 69 parts per trillion exceeds the energy resolution of previous antiproton-to-proton mass comparisons as well as the respective figure of merit of the standard model extension by a factor of four. In addition, we give a limit on sidereal variations in the measured ratio of <720 parts per trillion. By following the arguments of ref. 11, our result can be interpreted as a stringent test of the weak equivalence principle of general relativity using baryonic antimatter, and it sets a new limit on the gravitational anomaly parameter of |α − 1| < 8.7 × 10(-7).
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Affiliation(s)
- S Ulmer
- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - C Smorra
- 1] RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan [2] CERN, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
| | - A Mooser
- RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - K Franke
- 1] RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan [2] Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - H Nagahama
- 1] RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan [2] Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
| | - G Schneider
- 1] RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan [2] Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - T Higuchi
- 1] RIKEN, Ulmer Initiative Research Unit, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan [2] Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
| | - S Van Gorp
- RIKEN, Atomic Physics Laboratory, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
| | - K Blaum
- Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Y Matsuda
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
| | - W Quint
- GSI-Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany
| | - J Walz
- 1] Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, 55099 Mainz, Germany [2] Helmholtz Institut Mainz, 55099 Mainz, Germany
| | - Y Yamazaki
- RIKEN, Atomic Physics Laboratory, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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