Conveners
T2-11 General Instrumentation (DAPI) | Instrumentation générale (DPAI)
- Kirk Michaelian (Natural Resources Canada)
Low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) are associated with high risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality. Maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) has been considered as a gold standard for determining CRF, which can be precisely measured by using the cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) device with a maximal exercise protocol. However, this traditional methodology can...
In-source laser resonance ionization spectroscopy aims to drastically increase the resonant laser ionization efficiency for element species. This can be achieved by finding auto-ionizing (AI) states suitable for laser resonance ionization. Isotope separator on-line (ISOL) facilities such as the isotope separator and accelerator (ISAC) at TRIUMF produce a wide variety of exotic radio-isotopes...
The Canadian Light Source 2.9 GeV electron synchrotron storage ring circulates 220 mA of beam current distributed over 265 bunches. These bunches travel through several in-vacuum undulators, large magnet arrays housed in tapered vacuum chambers with a complex internal geometry. The electrons traveling through these vacuum chambers carry electromagnetic fields whose distribution is determined...
The main objective of the ALPHA-g experiment is to determine the behavior of the anti-matter when it is subjected to the Earth’s gravitational field. At the center of this experimental setup, anti-hydrogen atoms are created and trapped in the magnetic field produced by an octupole magnet. Once the magnetic field is lowered, these anti-atoms are released and move in accordance with gravity....
The ALPHA-g experiment at CERN aims to undertake the first ever precision measurement of the gravitational mass of antihydrogen atoms, by releasing them from a gravity-compensated magnetic minimum trap. The magnetic minimum trap is nominally created by an octupole and two mirror coils. However, in order to achieve the level of magnetic control required to resolve gravity to the 1% level and...
Planned for the High-Luminosity LHC, the ITK (Inner TracKer) is the upgrade of the current inner detector of the ATLAS apparatus at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The ITK is a cylindrically-shaped, all-silicon semi-conductor charged particle tracker, with the ability to run at high rate in a high luminosity and high radiation environment. The ITK is comprised of two different technologies,...
The Einstein equivalence principle (EEP) has never been directly examined with an antimatter test body. To address this, the ALPHA Collaboration is constructing a new apparatus (ALPHA-g) which can test the EEP using magnetically trapped antihydrogen atoms. I will discuss motivations for these experiments, as well as the methods we intend to employ. In particular, magnetic field...
