The production of a timed tunable beam of positronium atoms
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics E: Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 21 (9) , 886-888
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3735/21/9/013
Abstract
A simple method of producing a timed beam of ortho-positronium (o-Ps) atoms by utilising positron-gas-atom collisions is described. The technique has been used to demonstrate that the beam is tunable and to estimate its energy.Keywords
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