Octupole Magnets Trap Antihydrogen (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Octupole Magnets Trap Antihydrogen

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An octupole magnet was critical to trapping antihydrogen atoms by using their small magnetic moments. This simplified version shows how the north and south poles of strategically arranged magnets can immobilize a neutral antihydrogen atom that has a magnetic moment equivalent to a tiny bar magnet.

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Katie Bertsche

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