Grant: Subatomic Physics Envelope - Research Tools and Instruments
TRIUMF
$35,000.00
High-precision low-noise voltage control system for the ALPHA penning trap
FY 2010-11
Summary
This equipment grant application requests a Canadian contribution to a critical upgrade of the voltage control system for the Penning trap at the heart of ALPHA apparatus. This upgrade is a joint capital project that is being undertaken by the entire ALPHA collaboration. The upgrade is motivated by our recent experimental demonstration of evaporative cooling of antiprotons down to 10 K; this experimental technique has been a workhorse in the field of Bose-Einstein Condensation but has almost never been used with charged plasmas. In the process of achieving this very-important milestone, it has become apparent that electronic noise and the resolution of our Penning trap voltage control system are now the limiting factors for base temperature and cooling efficiency. The upgrade to the control system requested in this application will overcome these limitations, and represents the most promising route to anti-hydrogen trapping and spectroscopy. Moreover, the requested equipment is critical to achieving the goals of our SAP Project Grant, and directly support an integrated and extensive HQP training initiative.
Program
Subatomic Physics Envelope - Research Tools and Instruments
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
391118-2010
Name nom
Fujiwara, Makoto
Department département
Science Division
Organization id
8
Institution établissement
TRIUMF
Province en
British Columbia
Province fr
Colombie-Britannique
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2010
Competition year année de concours
2010
Award amount
35000
Program id
SAPEQ
Program name en
Subatomic Physics Envelope - Research Tools and Instruments
Program name fr
Enveloppe de physique subatomique - Outils et instruments de recherche
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
19
Committee name en
Subatomic Physics
Committee name fr
Physique subatomique
Area of application code
1200
Area of application group en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application group fr
Avancement des connaissances
Area of application en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application fr
Avancement des connaissances
Research subject code
3100
Research subject group en
Physics
Research subject group fr
Physique
Research subject en
Physics
Research subject fr
Physique
Partie
1
Nb partie
1
Application title
High-precision low-noise voltage control system for the ALPHA penning trap
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
This equipment grant application requests a Canadian contribution to a critical upgrade of the voltage control system for the Penning trap at the heart of ALPHA apparatus. This upgrade is a joint capital project that is being undertaken by the entire ALPHA collaboration. The upgrade is motivated by our recent experimental demonstration of evaporative cooling of antiprotons down to 10 K; this experimental technique has been a workhorse in the field of Bose-Einstein Condensation but has almost never been used with charged plasmas. In the process of achieving this very-important milestone, it has become apparent that electronic noise and the resolution of our Penning trap voltage control system are now the limiting factors for base temperature and cooling efficiency. The upgrade to the control system requested in this application will overcome these limitations, and represents the most promising route to anti-hydrogen trapping and spectroscopy. Moreover, the requested equipment is critical to achieving the goals of our SAP Project Grant, and directly support an integrated and extensive HQP training initiative.
