Technique - (1) Laser cooling and trapping of exotic atoms/antimatter (GBAR)

Type: Experimental

Description: Sympathetic laser cooling of positronium/antihydrogen-precursor ions for free-fall gravity tests of antimatter.

Department(s)/lab(s): Physics (LKB) | Exotic Ions / GBAR Team @ ENS Paris
Summary:

Yzombard works on laser-cooling techniques for exotic ions and antimatter precursors as part of the GBAR (Gravitational Behaviour of Antihydrogen at Rest) collaboration, aiming to measure the free-fall acceleration of antihydrogen as a fundamental test of the equivalence principle.