Smartphone photo sensors transformed into an unprecedented resolution antimatter camera

Smartphone photo sensors transformed into an unprecedented resolution antimatter camera

Scientists have repurposed smartphone camera sensors to create a detector capable of tracking antiproton annihilations in real time with unprecedented resolution. This new device can pinpoint antiproton annihilations with a resolution of about 0.6 micrometers, a 35-fold improvement over previous real-time methods.

Watch Antimatter Fall: Scientists Capture Gravity’s Pull With a 3840MP Camera

CERN scientists have built a 3840 MPixel detector using mobile camera sensors to track antihydrogen’s fall in gravity. This could revolutionize antimatter experiments with real-time, ultra-high precision imaging. Using a beam of antihydrogen and a groundbreaking detector made from modified mobile phone camera sensors, the AEgIS experiment captures minuscule displacements with unprecedented resolution. This cutting-edge [...]

Watch Antimatter Fall: Scientists Capture Gravity’s Pull With a 3840MP Camera – DG Verifications & Stats

The optical anti-matter imager with the 60 photo sensors taken from mobile phones. Credit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM CERN scientists have built a 3840 MPixel detector using mobile camera sensors to track antihydrogen’s fall in gravity. This could revolutionize antimatter experiments with real-time, ultra-high precision imaging. Using a beam of antihydrogen and a groundbreaking detector made from modified mobile phone camera sensors, the AEgIS exp…

AEgIS transforms smartphone sensors into an antimatter camera of unprecedented resolution

Did you know that the camera sensor in your smartphone could help unlock the secrets of antimatter? The AEgIS collaboration, led by Professor Christoph Hugenschmidt’s team from the research neutron source FRM II at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has developed a detector using modified mobile camera sensors to image in real time the points where antimatter annihilates with matter. This new device, described in a paper just published in…