Review Article

Prospects for Studies of the Free Fall and Gravitational Quantum States of Antimatter

Table 1

The lifetime of the first gravitationally bound state of antihydrogen above various surfaces.

Surface (porosity) Lifetime (s)

Perfect conductor 0.11
Bulk silicon 0.14
Bulk silica 0.22
Nanodiamond powder (95%) 0.89
Porous silicon (95%) 0.94
Silica aerogel (98%) 4.6