Investigations of positronium formation and destruction using 3gamma/2gammaannihilation-ratio measurements |
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Authors: | Kauppila W E Miller E G Mohamed H F M Pipinos K Stein T S Surdutovich E |
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Institution: | Department of Physics and Astronomy, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA. |
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Abstract: | Positronium (Ps) produced by 4 to 40 eV positrons colliding with Ne, Ar, Kr, CO2, and O2 is investigated by measuring the ratio of signals of two gamma rays in coincidence resulting from (a) three gamma annihilation of ortho-Ps and (b) two annihilation gamma rays due to para-Ps decay and destruction of ortho-Ps at an aluminum scattering cell surface. These ratios provide evidence that relates to the kinetic energy dependence of ortho-Ps interactions with an aluminum surface, the Ps formation potential at this surface, and the fact that Ps is being formed with inner orbital electrons for CO2 and O2. |
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