Published May 2002
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Journal article
Positronium molecule formation, Bose-Einstein condensation and stimulated annihilation
Creators
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
Additional details
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
- Copyright (c) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.