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The ScienceALPHA is an international collaboration based at CERN, whose aim is stable trapping of antihydrogen atoms, the antimatter counterpart of the simplest atom, hydrogen. By precise comparisons of hydrogen and antihydrogen, the experiment hopes to study fundamental symmetries between matter and antimatter | ALPHA-CanadaThe Canadian group (ALPHA-Canada) is a significant group in ALPHA, constituting more than 1/3 of the international collaboration. ALPHA-Canada consists of a dozen researchers and students from 5 Canadian institutions (UBC, Calgary, SFU, York, and TRIUMF). ALPHA-Canada plays a leading role in both the particle physics and the atomic spectroscopy aspects of the experiment. | Students OpportunitiesTrapping and spectroscopy of antihydrogen is a challenging task, and requires a wide variety of techniques ranging from ion and atom trapping, to manipulations of cold plasmas, to precision laser and microwave spectroscopy, to sophisticated particle physics detection and analysis. Hence it is an excellent training ground for students. Graduate students typically spend up to several months a year in Geneva to participate in the experiment. If you are interested in working with us, please contact any of ALPHA-Canada faculty members.
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LEAP2011 - 10th International Conference on Antiproton Physics
