ELENA

The Extra Low Energy Antiproton ring (ELENA) will further slow antiprotons from the Antiproton Decelerator, to make them easier to trap.

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The PUMA project: Antimatter goes nomad

A new European project linking ELENA and ISOLDE plans to trap antimatter in order to explore quantum phenomena in radioactive nuclei

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Physics
11 March, 2018
Physics
News
11 March, 2018

Making antimatter transportable

A project called PUMA aims to transport antimatter from one CERN facility to another in order to investigate exotic nuclear phenomena

News
Physics
07 March, 2018
Physics
News
07 March, 2018

New chairs for the Antiproton Decelerator Users Community

Stefan Ulmer and Chloé Malbrunot are the newly elected chairs of the Antiproton Decelerator Users Community

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At CERN
24 February, 2018

GBAR’s antiproton decelerator installed

With the connection between ELENA and GBAR already in place, the commissioning of the decelerator with antiprotons is about to begin

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Physics
30 August, 2017
Physics
News
30 August, 2017

First antiprotons in ELENA

The first antiproton beam has been successfully injected and circulated into ELENA, the Extra Low ENergy Antiproton deceleration ring

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Physics
04 August, 2017
Physics
News
04 August, 2017

Raising the (G)bar for antimatter exploration

What is the effect of gravity on antimatter? A new experiment at CERN is preparing to join the quest to find the answer to this question in physics

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Physics
17 March, 2017

Paving the way for a new antimatter experiment

The GBAR experiment will create antihydrogen ions at rest to study the action of gravity upon antimatter

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Physics
13 March, 2017

A new ring to slow down antimatter

The commissioning of ELENA, a new antiproton deceleration ring, has begun

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Physics
29 November, 2016
Physics
News
29 November, 2016

A new ring to slow down antimatter

The commissioning of ELENA, a new antiproton deceleration ring, has begun

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Physics
28 November, 2016
Physics
News
28 November, 2016

Great progress across the board

The LHC’s success is not alone. Linac 4 and ELENA have also reached important milestones

Opinion
Accelerators
14 November, 2016
Accelerators
Opinion
14 November, 2016

Antihydrogen at CERN: 20 years and going strong

In September 1995 physicists at CERN synthesised the first antihydrogen atoms, paving the way for today’s growing antimatter research

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Physics
24 September, 2015

ELENA gets a roof over its head

Today CERN inaugurated the ELENA building (393) after less than a year's construction work

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Physics
11 April, 2014
Physics
News
11 April, 2014