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Producing Slow Antihydrogen for a Test of CPT Symmetry with ATHENA

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The ATHENA experiment at the Antiproton Decelerator facility at CERN aims at testing CPT symmetry with antihydrogen. An overview of the experiment, together with preliminary results of development towards the production of slow antihydrogen are reported.

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Fujiwara, M.C., Amoretti, M., Amsler, C. et al. Producing Slow Antihydrogen for a Test of CPT Symmetry with ATHENA. Hyperfine Interactions 138, 153–158 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020819321506

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