HYPER is a new project aiming at synthesising new hypernuclei by use of antiprotons at the Antimatter Factory of CERN. HYPER aims at the spectroscopy and measurement of the binding energy of 200 hypernuclei. The project is in close collaboration with TU Munich and GSI.

During the thesis, an Helmoltz-coil trap made of three electrodes will be built in view of antiproton trapping at HYPER. The trap and its trapping efficiency will be validated with light ions at a test trap setup. Furthermore, it will be combined with the HYPER reaction chamber and combined with a low-pressure gas system dedicated to the control rate of antiproton annihilations. The rate control capabilities will be tested and characterized on the neutralisation of light ions. A feedback loop for a controlled flat neutralisation rate will be implemented and tested.