The ELENA ring has started delivering antiprotons at an energy of 100 keV to all low energy antiproton experiments.
The Extra Low Energy Antiproton ring (ELENA) is part of CERN‘s antimatter factory and slows down antiprotons from CERN’s Antiproton Decelerator. This allows experiments to increase the number of antiprotons that they can capture.
After successful installation and commissioning of new transfer lines at the ELENA ring, the facility has now started delivering antiprotons at an energy of 100 keV to the physics experiments. Last week, the GBAR and ALPHA experiments have already taken beams and other experiments will follow soon.
