Published July 1996 | Version v1
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Answer to Question number-sign 30 [open-quote open-quote How are positrons moderated?,close-quote close-quote Thomas D. Rossing, Am. J. Phys. 63(12), 1065 (1995)]

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, New York 11973 (United States)

Description

The positrons from β+ decaying sources loss energyat a much faster rate than they annihilate. As the energy of the positrons drops, core excitations, plasmon excitation, electron/hole pair creation, and phonon scattering are the dominant processes of further energy loss

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
American Journal of Physics
Journal Volume
64
Journal Issue
7
Journal Page Range
p. 843.
ISSN
0002-9505
CODEN
AJPIAS

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
27078547
Subject category
S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
FOILS; MODERATORS; POSITRON BEAMS; POSITRONS; SODIUM 22; THERMALIZATION; TUNGSTEN
Descriptors DEC
ANTILEPTONS; ANTIMATTER; ANTIPARTICLES; BEAMS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ELEMENTS; FERMIONS; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LEPTON BEAMS; LEPTONS; LIGHT NUCLEI; MATTER; METALS; NANOSEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIOISOTOPES; SLOWING-DOWN; SODIUM ISOTOPES; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES