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Protons take to the road
- Physicists at CERN have conducted a test run for transporting antimatter out of the lab, aiming to study antimatter in different settings to understand matter-antimatter differences.
- According to the Standard Model, the universe should have equal amounts of antimatter and matter, leading to the mystery of why there is more matter today.
- The Baryon-Antibaryon Symmetry Experiment at CERN focuses on measuring the magnetic moment of protons and antiprotons to explore matter-antimatter asymmetry.
- To enable more precise measurements, a transportable device named BASE-STEP has been developed to carry antiprotons to better-shielded labs.
- The BASE-STEP device, tested successfully with protons, aims to transport antiprotons for further experiments with enhanced precision.
- The device, mounted on an aluminum frame, uses a Penning trap and superconducting magnet to trap and shield protons from collisions during transport.
- The transport system is designed to withstand accelerations and slopes, enabling the safe movement of particles for experiments at other research facilities.
- The team plans to transport the device to a new Penning-trap system in Germany to continue studying matter-antimatter symmetry at higher precision levels.
- This advancement in transporting antimatter for experiments may provide insights into fundamental physics principles beyond the Standard Model.
- The research at CERN's BASE aims to conduct the most precise matter-antimatter symmetry tests in the baryon sector by transporting particles for improved experiments.
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