antihydrogen

American  

[an-tee-hahy-druh-juhn, an-tahy-] / ˌæn tiˈhaɪ drə dʒən, ˌæn taɪ- /

noun

Physics.

1. the antimatter counterpart to hydrogen.

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antihydrogen British  

/ ˈæntɪˌhaɪdrədʒən /

noun

1. hydrogen in which the nucleus is an antiproton with an orbiting positron

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antihydrogen Scientific  

/ ăn′tē-hī′drə-jən,ăn′tī- /

1. The antimatter that corresponds to hydrogen. Antihydrogen has been useful in studies of the relationship between matter and antimatter, because its matter equivalent (hydrogen) is one of the most studied and most well understood forms of matter.

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Last year a separate team of researchers tested whether antihydrogen responded differently to gravity by seeing if it fell up or down when dropped.

From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2024

Take antihydrogen, which is the antimatter version of hydrogen, used in the Cern experiments.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2023

"If antihydrogen were somehow different from hydrogen, that would be a revolutionary thing because the physical laws, both in quantum mechanics and gravity, say the behavior should be the same," said Wurtele.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2023

At supercooled temperatures, the antihydrogen atoms are herded via an electromagnetic field in a vertical trap called ALPHA-g, a sort of atomic version of an indoor skydiving tunnel.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2023

The data agreed much better with simulations in which the antihydrogen experiences ordinary gravity than those in which they experienced antigravity or no gravity at all, the researchers report today in Nature.

From Science Magazine ● Sep. 27, 2023