Investigations into low energy antimatter experiments

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This project aims to improve the performance of antimatter experiments located within the AD hallat CERN. Experiments such as ALPHA, AEgIS, ASACUSA & ATRAP all rely on new electrostatictransfer lines coming from the recently completed ELENA experiment. These experiments aim toaddress the matter-antimatter imbalance found in the universe (CPT- test) as well as the effects ofgravitational effects on antimatter (Weak Equivalence Principle test).The AD-ELENA programme encompasses many fields in Physics and Engineering such as nuclear,plasma, accelerator, computational and theoretical physics. This project allows for in depth study ofall of these fields. The initial aim is to gather an understanding of the dynamics of antimatter wheninside a trap by studying of the ion motion and stability using simulation toolkits available from theQUASAR Group. Following this emphasis will then be placed on improving detection techniques fortransfer beamline monitoring systems built in Liverpool using machine learning and filteringalgorithms to enhance track identification.