Bibliography & Research Repository

PRODUCT BIBLIOGRAPHY

  1. Trapped Antihydrogen (Nature, 2010)
  2. Confinement of Antihydrogen for 1,000 Seconds (Nature Physics, 2011)
  3. Observation of the 1S-2S Transition in Trapped Antihydrogen (Nature, 2017)
  4. Characterization of the 1S-2S Transition in Antihydrogen (Nature, 2018)
  5. Laser Cooling of Antihydrogen Atoms (Nature, 2021)
  6. Observation of the Effect of Gravity on the Motion of Antimatter (Nature, 2023)
  7. Parts-per-Billion Measurement of the Antiproton Magnetic Moment (Nature, 2017)
  8. Plasma and Trap-Based Techniques for Science with Antimatter (Physics of Plasmas, 2020)
  9. Beamed Core Antimatter Propulsion: Engine Design and Optimization (arXiv, 2012)
  10. Be+ Assisted Confinement of >15,000 Antihydrogen Atoms (Nature Communications, 2025)
  11. How to Build an Antimatter Rocket for Interstellar Missions — Frisbee, R. H. AIAA Paper 2003-4696.
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  17. Antiproton-Catalyzed Micro-fission/Fusion Propulsion — Lewis, R. A., Smith, G. A., et al. AIAA Paper 96-3069, 1996.
  18. AIMStar: Antimatter Initiated Microfusion for Precursor Interstellar Missions — Lewis, R. A., et al. AIAA Paper 99-2700, 1999.
  19. Antimatter Driven Sail for Deep Space Missions — Howe, S., and Jackson, G. NIAC Phase I Final Report, 2002.
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RESEARCH REPOSITORY

Antimatter News

2025-11-18 — Breakthrough in antimatter production — CERN
2025-07-23 — A quantum leap for antimatter measurements — CERN
2025-07-16 — A new piece in the matter-antimatter puzzle — CERN
2025-04-02 — AEgIS antimatter camera of unprecedented resolution — CERN
2024-12-09 — ALICE finds antimatter partner of hyperhelium-4 — CERN
2024-10-25 — BASE experiment: portable antimatter — CERN
2023-09-27 — ALPHA observes gravity on antimatter — CERN
2021-03-31 — ALPHA cools antimatter with laser — CERN
2020-11-03 — Transportable antiproton trap — CERN
2010-11-17 — Antimatter atoms stored for the first time — LBL

Antimatter Production Research

2021 — Enhancing positron production using front surface target structures — AIP
2020 — Roadmap to increase antimatter production by 10 billion times — Next Big Future
2013 — A brief review of antimatter production — arXiv
2012 — Antimatter production for near-term propulsion applications — AIAA

CERN Facilities

Antiproton Decelerator  |  ALPHA Experiment  |  GBAR Experiment  |  ALPHA Homepage

Key References

Frisbee, R. H. — How to Build an Antimatter Rocket for Interstellar Missions (AIAA, 2003)
LaPointe, M. R. — Antiproton Powered Propulsion with Magnetically Confined Plasma Engines (1991)
Forward, R. L. — Antiproton Annihilation Propulsion (AIAA, 1984)
Lewis, R. A. et al. — Antiproton-Catalyzed Micro-fission/Fusion Propulsion (AIAA, 1996)
Howe, S. & Jackson, G. — Antimatter Driven Sail for Deep Space Missions (NIAC, 2002)