Coulomb distortion effects in electron positron pair production near threshold

The cross section for electron positron pair production in non relativistic collisions of protons with heavy nuclei has been calculated. Extending previous calculations, the Coulomb distortion of electron, positron, and projectile wave functions in the target field has been taken into account. Former discrepancies between calculation and experimental results have been removed.     

Positron Energy Levels in Cd-Based Semiconductors

Using the full potential linearized augmented plane wave FP-LAPW method within local density ap-proximation LDA, we have studied positron diffusion and surface emission in Cd-based semiconductors. This requires the calculation of electron and positron band structures. In the absence of experimental and theoretical data for CdX (X=S,Se,Te) we have treated the Si, which has been studied by several authors, as a test case. Predictive results on positron effective masses, deformation potentials, positron work functions, diffusion constants and positron mobilities are presented for CdX (X=S, Se, Te). Our calculated data for Si are compared with experimental and recent theoretical results.     

Electron and positron nonthermality effects on the formation of damped solitons in collisional multi-component plasmas

Electrostatic damped field characteristics in non-thermal fast positron and electron plasma having fluids of positive and negative pair ions have been discussed when collisional frequencies parameters are taken into account. The damped and forced form of Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (DKP) equations have been obtained. The plasma parameters effects of electron density ratio, the negative ionic density ratio, the pair ionic charge ratio, the density of positron ratio, the collisional frequencies, ion mass ratio and the fast non-thermality on the electrostatic damped and forced field formations, as observed in D-F -ionosphere and laboratory experiments have been investigated.     

Nonlinear ion‐acoustic cnoidal wave in electron‐positron‐ion plasma with nonextensive electrons

Effects of plasma nonextensivity on the nonlinear cnoidal ion‐acoustic wave in unmagnetized electron‐positron‐ion plasma have been investigated theoretically. Plasma positrons are taken to be Maxwellian, while the nonextensivity distribution function was used to describe the plasma electrons. The known reductive perturbation method was employed to extract the KdV equation from the basic equations of the model. Sagdeev potential, as well as the cnoidal wave solution of the KdV equation, has been discussed in detail. We have shown that the ion‐acoustic periodic (cnoidal) wave is formed only for values of the strength of nonextensivity (q). The q allowable range is shifted by changing the positron concentration (p) and the temperature ratio of electron to positron (σ). For all of the acceptable values of q, the cnoidal ion‐acoustic wave is compressive. Results show that ion‐acoustic wave is strongly influenced by the electron nonextensivity, the positron concentration, and the temperature ratio of electron to positron. In this work, we have investigated the effects of q, p, and σ on the characteristics of the ion‐acoustic periodic (cnoidal) wave, such as the amplitude, wavelength, and frequency.     

北京正负电子对撞机中的束束作用偏转效应

 利用静电分离器对正负电子束团在垂直方向上的相对轨道偏差进行了扫描,并用数字示波器对束流轨道的变化进行监视,在北京正负电子对撞机(BEPC)上完成了垂直方向上的束束作用偏转效应的观察与测量。实验过程和实验结果可为北京正负电子对撞机改进工程(BEPCⅡ)的对撞调节提供参考依据。把束团之间相对位置偏差的测量转换为对束流偏转角度的测量是可行的,也是有效克服束流位置探测器分辨率不足的一种方法。     

Excitation of molecular vibrations by positron impact

Absolute cross sections for the vibrational excitation of CO, CO2, and H2 by positron impact are presented for incident positron energies from 0.5 eV to several electron volts. The measurements use a novel technique that exploits the adiabatic motion of a positron beam in a strong magnetic field. This work is the first systematic experimental study of vibrational excitation by positron impact, and extends to energies where positron measurements have traditionally been difficult. The measured cross sections are compared with available theoretical calculations.     

Positron Characteristics in Cadmium and Zinc Chalcogenides

Electron energy levels and positron states have been calculated for cadmium and zinc chalcogenide compounds within the pseudo-potential approach and the independent particle model.Furthermore,the present contribution deals with the electron and positron chemical potentials allowing the calculation of the positron affinity to different materials of interest and hetero-structures formed by these materials.Besides,we here determine the positron diffusion constant by means of the positron deformation potential.An attempt has been made to scale positron affinity and diffusion constant with the lattice constant and the band gap energy,respectively.Such scaling is found to be not possible.The information gathered by the present study is of prime importance for a better understanding of positron trapping at interfaces and precipitates and should be useful in slow positron beam experiments.     

On the positron in a metal

The self-consistent calculations of the spatial distributions of electrons and potentials in vacancies of metals with a localized positron, the spatial distributions of positrons localized in surface states, and the binding energies of positrons and their lifetimes have been performed in terms of the Kohn-Sham method and the stabilized jellium model. The presence of a localized positron in a vacancy leads to the effect that the vacancy is weakly distinguishable for electron waves: the positron weakens the potential field in the vicinity of the vacancy and leads to a phase shift of the scattering electron wave functions. The calculation of the phase shifts of the wave functions for quasi-free positrons scattered by unperturbed vacancies and the representation of a system of vacancies as a “superlattice” in a metal have made it possible to find the shift of the positron work function and the vacancy contribution to the positron effective mass.     

Positron and electron scattering from alkane molecules

Total cross-sections (TCSs) for 0.2–1000 eV positrons and 0.4–1000 eV electrons colliding with normal-octane and cyclo-octane molecules have been studied using a relative measurement method. The TCS curves for positron and electron vary smoothly and compare well with other alkane molecules, in order of increasing carbon number. For positron scattering, weak humps at 1.5–2.5 eV for both normal- and cyclo-octane were observed. In the energy range lower than 2.2 eV, positron TCSs are roughly equal to or larger than electron TCSs. For electron scattering, a resonance peak at 8 eV and a shoulder at 25.0 eV were observed for both molecules. Over all the energy range, the TCS values for normal-octane are larger than those of cyclo-octane. The positron and electron TCS data for normal- and cyclo-octane molecules are briefly compared with those for normal- and cyclo-hexane.     

H,He,Kr杂质在过渡金属和贵金属中的行为

本文以胶体模型为基础,利用密度泛函理论,局域密度近似研究了H,He和Kr在过渡金属Ni,Fe,Cr和贵金属Cu中的空位团复合体的电子结构、正电子湮没寿命。结果表明:随着复合体尺寸的增加,杂质的束缚态电子能级变浅,散射态电子在复合体内的平均密度变小,正电子在复合体内的几率增大,正电子湮没寿命增加。 关键词：     

BEPCⅡ直线加速器的误差和抖动效应

为达到BEPCⅡ 直线加速器的设计指标,系统地研究了误差和抖动(Jitter)效应对束流性能的影响。误差效应包括束流的初始偏轴和聚焦透镜偏轴导致的色差效应;束流的初始偏轴和加速结构偏轴导致的尾场效应等。主要的抖动效应包括相位漂移抖动和高频功率源中调制器电压的抖动影响等。确定了在BEPCⅡ直线加速器上对误差和抖动的限制,如来自电子枪的束流的初始偏轴应小于等于0.3 mm,加速结构和聚焦磁铁的安装误差应小于等于0.2 mm,相位漂移抖动误差应小于等于2°,调制器的电压抖动误差应小于等于0.1%。并进一步确认了必须采用相位控制系统和束流轨道校正系统,以抑制这些误差效应的影响,达到正、负电子束流能散度小于等于0.5% 和电子束束流发射度小于等于0.25 mm·mrad,正电子束束流发射度小于等于1.60 mm·mrad 的设计目标。     

Comparison of inner-shell ionization by relativistic electron and positron impact

Ratios of K/L shell X-ray yields by 10–20 MeV electrin and positron impact on Au have been measured with an accuracy of better than ±1.6%. The results show that the K-shell X-ray production cross section by electron impact is about 2% larger than by positron impact.     

Doubly-differential ionization cross sections of positron impact on argon

We report the first measurement of doubly-differential ionization cross sections for positron impact on argon atoms. Energy- and angle-resolved measurements of ejected electrons in time correlation with the produced and detected ions have been performed. Corresponding measurements with incident electrons were made for comparison. With positrons and electrons as primary particles of 100 eV energy and ejected electrons of 15 eV, our measurements were extended over electron-emission angles from 0 to 90. Lacking theoretical predictions for the doubly-differential ionization of argon, we compare our measured data with the theoretical doubly-differential ionization cross sections, calculated for positron and electron impact on hydrogen by Klar and Berakdar (Freiburg) [1]. The angular dependence of positron and electron cross sections for argon agrees well with the theory for hydrogen. In particular, we found that for small angles of electron ejection the cross section for positron impact ionization exceeds that for electron impact by an order of magnitude in accordance with the predictions of Klar and Berakdar.     

BEPCⅡ Positron Source

BEPCⅡ— an upgrade project of the Beijing Electron Positron Collider (BEPC) is a factory type of e^＋e^－ collider. The fundamental requirements for its injector linac are the beam energy of 1.89GeV for on-energy injection and a 40mA positron beam current at the linac end with a low beam emittance of 1.6μm and a low energy spread of ±0.5% so as to guarantee a higher injection rate (≥50mA/min) to the storage ring. Since the positron flux is proportional to the primary electron beam power on the target, we will increase the electron gun current from 4A to 10A by using a new electron gun system and increase the primary electron energy from 120MeV to 240MeV. The positron source itself is an extremely important system for producing more positrons, including a positron converter target chamber, a 12kA flux modulator, the 7m focusing module with DC power supplies and the support. The new positron production linac from the electron gun to the positron source has been installed into the tunnel. In what follows, we will emphasize the positron source design, manufacture and tests.     

LEPTA project: Formation and injection of positron beam

The project of the Low-Energy Particle Toroidal Accumulator (LEPTA) has been developed and is put into operation at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna). The LEPTA facility is a small positron storage ring equipped with an electron cooling system. The project positron energy is 2?C4 keV. The main purpose of the facility is to generate an intense flux of positronium atoms (the bound state of the electron and positron). The LEPTA storage ring was commissioned in September 2004. The positron injector was designed in 2005?C2010, and the beam transport channel was constructed in 2011. The experiments on electron and positron injection from the injector into the accumulator were started in August 2011. The results are reported here.     

Single differential and total ionization cross section of the helium atom by positron impact

Single differential (SDCS) and total (TCS) cross sections are calculated for the single ionization process of a helium atom by positron impact in the intermediate and high energy range (50–300 eV). To study the charge asymmetry, cross sections for electron impact ionization are also presented for comparison with the positron data. The TCS results for positron impact have been compared with existing measurements. A good agreement is noted in the high energy regime ( 100–300 eV).     

完美晶体中正电子体寿命计算的几种方法的分析与比较

以正电子寿命为探测对象的正电子湮没寿命谱技术在研究半导体等材料的微缺陷方面得到了广泛的应用,它对晶体的结构类型、缺陷种类以及温度等十分敏感,因此,理论上正电子寿命的快速精确计算与实验数据的结合分析显得尤为重要. 采用中性原子叠加模型、赝势方法和全势方法处理正电子局域势能,有限差分方法自洽求解正电子波函数,局域密度近似和广义梯度近似处理正电子电子关联势和增强因子,以体心立方结构的α-Fe、面心立方结构的Al和复式面心立方结构的Si三种单晶固体为例,分别计算了它们的正电子体寿命,计算值与相应的实验结果和其他计算结果均符合较好. 同时细致分析了这几种方法在电子密度网格点精度、正电子电子关联势和增强因子等方面对正电子体寿命计算的影响,探讨了这几种方法在计算正电子体寿命方面各自的优缺点. 关键词： 正电子体寿命 完美晶体 正电子电子关联势 增强因子     

Investigation of microstructural changes in M250 grade maraging steel using positron annihilation

Microstructural evolution of M250 grade maraging steel subjected to various thermal-aging treatments has been investigated using positron annihilation, X-ray diffraction, hardness and electron microscopy studies. Isochronal aging treatment in the range of 600–900 K, in steps of 100 K, was carried out and positron lifetime, austenite volume fraction and hardness values have been measured. The stages corresponding to point defect dynamics and formation of intermetallics have been clearly identified. Based on these results, measurements were performed on specimens isothermally aged at 755 K from 0.1 to 100 h to elucidate the time evolution of microstructural changes, and the results are discussed.     

Properties of positron annihilation in metals

Positron annihilation in bulk metals has been studied by examining the angular distribution of the annihilation photons in polycrystalline samples of magnesium, aluminum, copper, zinc, indium, tin, lead, and bismuth. It has been shown that conduction electrons as well as core electrons take part in this process. The conduction electron densities and Fermi energies have been determined. It is found that the electron density in the vicinity of a positron is significantly higher than the density of the free electron gas. We believe that this is due to the formation of Wheeler complexes and we estimate its charge. We have analyzed various means of measuring the conduction electron density and conclude that the positron method gives the most reliable information. Fiz. Tverd. Tela (St. Petersburg) 41, 929–934 (June 1999)     

Electron emission spectra in low energy positron-atom collisions

Energy spectra of electrons ejected from an Ar target, in the forward direction, by a low energy positron beam have been measured and compared with theory. Structures are present in these spectra at energies compatible with electron capture to continuum states of the scattered positron (ECC) and with binary collisions.