Positronium Cooled By Laser in a World First

Physicists from CERN and the University of Tokyo have achieved a significant advancement in understanding the characteristics of positronium, a fleeting and unstable particle.

In a successful experiment, the AEgIS collaboration, using a laser tailored for the task, managed to decrease the temperature of a positronium cloud by over 50%.

Positronium is a unique particle system comprising an electron and its antiparticle, the positron.

Simultaneously, a team led by physicist Kenji Shu at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization in Japan, affiliated with the University of Tokyo, achieved a temperature reduction of a positronium cloud to around a Kelvin (-272 °C).

This reduction effectively slows down the overall speed and distribution of electron and positron velocities.

Positronium, being the lightest known particle system, is highly unstable.

The inherent nature of matter and antimatter causes them to annihilate each other, producing a burst of radiation, Science Alert reported.

READ MORE: https://www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-physicists-cooled-antimatter-to-near-absolute-zero-for-the-first-time

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