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Geography professor helps preserve historic Toomer’s Oaks
06/21/2011
Story and photos by Candis Hacker Birchfield, video by Phillip Coxwell
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Physics professor involved in anti-matter breakthrough
06/06/2011
Last year, an international team of scientists including Auburn University physics professor Francis Robicheaux made a scientific breakthrough by trapping and holding the anti-matter version of the hydrogen atom. When the discovery was initially announced, the team, known as ALPHA, had captured 38 atoms of antihydrogen, storing each for a mere sixth of a second. Since then, ALPHA has made significant progress by trapping 309 antihydrogen atoms, with some held for as long as 15 minutes. As a result of the longer holding times, the scientists are now able to work toward improved production of trappable anti-atoms as well as study their dynamics.
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