Published December 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Angular correlation of electrons and positrons in internal pair conversion

  • 1. Institut fuer Theoretische Physik der J. W. Goethe Universitaet, Postfach 111 932, D-6000 Frankfurt am Main 11 (Germany)
  • 2. Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Zentralabteilung Forschung und Entwicklung, Postfach 830 953, D-8000 Muenchen 83 (Germany)
  • 3. Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung, Planckstrasse 1, Postfach 110 552, D-6100 Darmstadt (Germany)

Description

The angular distribution of electrons and positrons emitted in internal pair conversion is calculated. Coulomb-distorted waves are used as electron wave functions. Nuclear transitions of various multipolarities L>0 and of magnetic (ML) and of electric (EL) type are considered as well as E0 conversion. Analytical expressions for the angular correlation are derived, which are evaluated numerically assuming a finite extension of the nucleus and, for the EL and ML conversion, also in the point-nucleus approximation. The calculated angular correlations are compared with results obtained within the Born approximation and, for the E0 case, with experimental data

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review, C
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
6
Series
Phys. Rev., C.
Journal Page Range
2632-2645
ISSN
0556-2813
CODEN
PRVCA