Regular biography
William Bertsche is a Reader in Physics at The University of Manchester, affiliated with the School of Physics and Astronomy and the Cockcroft Institute. His research focuses on plasma physics and accelerator physics, particularly in the study of antimatter properties through the ALPHA experiment at CERN. He investigates fundamental aspects of antimatter, including its behavior in gravitational fields, and contributes to the development of low-energy sources for accelerators. Bertsche has been involved in the ALPHA Collaboration since 2011, serving as Technical Coordinator until 2017 and Deputy Spokesperson since 2017. His work addresses the question of the observed baryon asymmetry in the universe.
Scholar-generated biography
William Bertsche is a Reader at the University of Manchester specializing in Antimatter, Plasma Physics, Accelerators, and Nonlinear Dynamics. His research focuses on the study of antihydrogen, including its confinement, trapping, and interaction with electromagnetic fields. Key experiments involve observing transitions in antihydrogen, such as the 1S–2S and 1S–2P Lyman-α transitions, and measuring gravitational effects on antimatter. His work also explores laser cooling, evaporative cooling, and the development of magnetic traps for antihydrogen. These studies aim to test fundamental symmetries and the Weak Equivalence Principle using antimatter plasmas.