Published December 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

A positron injector for the LEPTA accumulator

Description

An injector of monochromatic positrons for the low-energy positron accumulator (LEPTA) is being tested at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. The source of positrons is the radioactive source 22Na. At the output of the source, positrons are slowed down in a solid target. Frozen neon is used as a moderator. For this purpose, a system of cryocooling of the source and the neon supply line have been assembled. A method of detection of slow positrons has been developed and tuned. The first experiments with the frozen moderator have been performed. A continuous beam of slow positrons with an average energy of 1.2 eV and spectrum width of 1 eV has been obtained.

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Available from http://link.springer.com/openurl/pdf?id=doi:10.1134/S1547477106070090

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics of Particles and Nuclei Letters (Print)
Journal Volume
3
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. S37-S39
ISSN
1547-4771

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Copyright (c) 2006 Pleiades Publishing, Inc.