Published May 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

Positronium molecule formation, Bose-Einstein condensation and stimulated annihilation

Description

Low energy positron production and storage may be used to make and observe some interesting many-positron, many-electron systems both in vacuum and in the presence of ordinary matter. One of the most interesting possibilities is to make an annihilation photon laser. One might start on the path to this laser by creating a high density positron burst and forming a dense gas of positronium atoms within a cavity in a solid. This will pave the way for subsequently demonstrating the near room temperature Bose-Einstein condensation of a dense gas of positronium and establishing conditions under which stimulated emission of annihilation photons can be observed

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Identifiers

PII
S0168583X02007905;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Journal Volume
192
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 107-116
ISSN
0168-583X
CODEN
NIMBEU

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
34000699
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ANNIHILATION; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION; LASERS; POSITRON BEAMS; POSITRON SOURCES; POSITRONIUM
Descriptors DEC
BEAMS; INTERACTIONS; LEPTON BEAMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PARTICLE INTERACTIONS; PARTICLE SOURCES; RADIATION SOURCES

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Copyright (c) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.