Patent Number: 061635871
Section: claims

1. A process for the production of antihydrogen, comprising the steps of (i) exciting atoms to a Rydberg state; 2. A process according to claim 1, further comprising the step of trapping or guiding the Rydberg-state antihydrogen using magnetic fields. 3. A process according to claim 1, further comprising the step of permitting the Rydberg-state antihydrogen to decay down to ground-state antihydrogen. 4. A process according to claim 3, further comprising the step of trapping the ground-state antihydrogen in a magnetic trap. 5. A process according to claim 1, wherein the atoms are excited by means of lasers. 6. A process according to claim 1, wherein the atoms are cesium atoms. 7. A process according to claim 1, where cesium atoms are: (i) excited to the 6p state with a diode-laser; (ii) excited to the 11d state with a dye-laser; and finally excited to a high-n Rydberg state with a Stark-tuned CO.sub.2 laser.