Antiproton Decelerator

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The Antiproton Decelerator (AD) is a particle accelerator at the CERN laboratory in Geneva. The decelerated antiprotons are ejected to one of the connected experiments.

[edit] Experiments

abbr.	full name
ASACUSA	Atomic Spectroscopy And Collisions Using Slow Antiprotons
ALPHA	Antihydrogen Laser PHysics Apparatus
ATRAP	Antihydrogen Trap Collaboration
ACE	Antiproton Cell Experiment

[edit] Former Experiments

abbr.	full name
ATHENA	ApparaTus for High-precision Experiments on Neutral Antimatter	(Replaced by ALPHA)

[edit] External links

• The antimatter webpage of CERN for public
• A good figure about AD from [1]
• The official web-site of the Antiproton Decelerator.