A few days before the holidays began, I made a passing mention of an interesting new result from the ALPHA collaboration relating to the measurement of the spectrum of anti-hydrogen. Since that time a few people have inquired about it, and asked for more details.
Let me begin with a little background on the topic.
As most of us recall from high school science class, everything that we see around us is made of atoms. Protons, neutrons and electrons combine in different amounts to form diffe...
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