Observation of the effect of gravity on the motion of antimatter.


Journal

Nature
ISSN: 1476-4687
Titre abrégé: Nature
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410462

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Sep 2023
Historique:
received: 06 05 2023
accepted: 09 08 2023
medline: 4 10 2023
pubmed: 28 9 2023
entrez: 27 9 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Einstein's general theory of relativity from 1915

Identifiants

pubmed: 37758891
doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06527-1
pii: 10.1038/s41586-023-06527-1
pmc: PMC10533407
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

716-722

Informations de copyright

© 2023. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

E K Anderson (EK)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

C J Baker (CJ)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.

W Bertsche (W)

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. william.bertsche@cern.ch.
Cockcroft Institute, Sci-Tech Daresbury, Warrington, UK. william.bertsche@cern.ch.

N M Bhatt (NM)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.

G Bonomi (G)

University of Brescia, Brescia and INFN Pavia, Pavia, Italy.

A Capra (A)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

I Carli (I)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

C L Cesar (CL)

Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

M Charlton (M)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.

A Christensen (A)

Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.

R Collister (R)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

A Cridland Mathad (A)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.

D Duque Quiceno (D)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

S Eriksson (S)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.

A Evans (A)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

N Evetts (N)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

S Fabbri (S)

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Accelerator and Technology Sector, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.

J Fajans (J)

Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA. joel@physics.berkeley.edu.

A Ferwerda (A)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

T Friesen (T)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

M C Fujiwara (MC)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

D R Gill (DR)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

L M Golino (LM)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.

M B Gomes Gonçalves (MB)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.

P Grandemange (P)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

P Granum (P)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

J S Hangst (JS)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. jeffrey.hangst@cern.ch.

M E Hayden (ME)

Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

D Hodgkinson (D)

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.

E D Hunter (ED)

Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.

C A Isaac (CA)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.

A J U Jimenez (AJU)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

M A Johnson (MA)

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Cockcroft Institute, Sci-Tech Daresbury, Warrington, UK.

J M Jones (JM)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.

S A Jones (SA)

Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

S Jonsell (S)

Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.

A Khramov (A)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Department of Physics, British Columbia Institute of Technology, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

N Madsen (N)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.

L Martin (L)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

N Massacret (N)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

D Maxwell (D)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.

J T K McKenna (JTK)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

S Menary (S)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

T Momose (T)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

M Mostamand (M)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

P S Mullan (PS)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland.

J Nauta (J)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.

K Olchanski (K)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

A N Oliveira (AN)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.

J Peszka (J)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland.

A Powell (A)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

C Ø Rasmussen (CØ)

Experimental Physics Department, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.

F Robicheaux (F)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.

R L Sacramento (RL)

Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

M Sameed (M)

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Accelerator Systems Department, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland.

E Sarid (E)

Soreq NRC, Yavne, Israel.
Department of Physics, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva, Israel.

J Schoonwater (J)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.

D M Silveira (DM)

Instituto de Fisica, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

J Singh (J)

School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.

G Smith (G)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

C So (C)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

G Stutter (G)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.

T D Tharp (TD)

Physics Department, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA.

K A Thompson (KA)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.

R I Thompson (RI)

TRIUMF, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

E Thorpe-Woods (E)

Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.

C Torkzaban (C)

Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.

M Urioni (M)

University of Brescia, Brescia and INFN Pavia, Pavia, Italy.

P Woosaree (P)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

J S Wurtele (JS)

Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.

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