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ALPHA Collaboration among Top Ten Breakthroughs of the Year
The 's recent study on the interaction of antimatter with gravity was selected as of one the by Physics World, an international news magazine from the UK Institute of Physics.
¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Physics Professor Emeritus Mike Hayden and his colleagues in the CERN-based ALPHA Collaboration recently published the results of an experiment they performed in which they directly observed the effect of gravity on the motion of antimatter. They confirmed that antimatters behaves just like regular matter in a gravitational field -- falling down and not up.
This marks the third time ALPHA has been shortlisted for the Physics World Breakthrough of the Year. Their publication on laser cooling of antihydrogen in 2021 also made the top ten list, and in 2010 the team won the Overall Breakthrough of the Year for their first trapping of antihydrogen.
The overall winner for 2023 Physics World Breakthrough of the year will be announced on December 14.
See the full list on and read more about this study on ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV News. Read the full research article on .