| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 322 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: A Brief History of Positron Beams / P.G. Coleman -- Early days -- Positron beams in the laboratory -- Branching out -- Applications -- Generation and Transport of Positron Beams / P.G. Coleman -- Positron sources -- Radioactive sources -- Pair production -- Positron moderation -- Physics of moderation -- Moderating materials -- Moderator geometries -- Field-assisted moderators -- Positron transport -- Magnetic transport and focusing -- Electrostatic transport and focusing -- Brightness enhancement -- Hybrid positron beams -- Positron acceleration -- Bunching and timing -- Detectors -- Atomic and Molecular Physics with Positrons and Positronium / G. Laricchia, M. Charlton -- Fundamentals -- Positronium -- Basic properties -- Annihilation modes and lifetimes -- Spectroscopic properties -- Non-spectroscopic laser studies and exotic tests -- Positronium negative ion -- Interactions of positrons with atoms and molecules -- Experimental systems -- Total cross-sections, Q[subscript t] -- Elastic scattering (Q[subscript el] and dQ[subscript el]/d[Omega]) -- Positronium formation -- Integrated cross-section, Q[subscript Ps] -- Differential cross-section, dQ[subscript Ps]/d[Omega]) -- Excitation -- Ionization -- Integrated cross-section, Q[subscript i superscript z+] -- Single ionization -- Multiple ionization -- Dissociative ionization, dissociative attachment, positronium compounds -- Differential studies -- Annihilation -- Interactions of positronium with atoms and molecules -- Positronium beams. |
| Summary |
This book provides a coherent and comprehensive overview of the generation and application of mono-energetic positron beams. It has been written by acknowledged experts, at a level accessible to graduate students working, or planning to work, with positron beams, and to scientists in other areas who want to know something about the field. The book begins with a brief historical introduction and an overview of how positron beams are generated and transported. A description of the fate of slow positrons in gaseous and condensed matter, with reference to many of the fundamental measurements made possible by the advent of positron beams, is followed by a discussion on applications in the study of solid surfaces, defect profiling in subsurface regions, interfaces and thin films, and the probing of bulk properties in novel ways. The book ends with a look at the future, considering the prospects for intense positron beams and their potential for further research. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Positron beams.
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Positron beams. |
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Positron beams -- Industrial applications.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Coleman, Paul G., 1948-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Positron beams and their applications. Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : World Scientific, ©2000 9810233949 (DLC) 99089198 (OCoLC)43186035 |
| ISBN |
9789812817754 (electronic book) |
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9812817751 (electronic book) |
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9810233949 |
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9789810233945 |
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