Do MELT or CONTIN programs accurately reveal the o-Ps lifetime distribution in polymers? Analysis of simulated lifetime spectra

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applied Research

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 333-350

  Dlubek, G ^a   Eichler, S ^b  

^a ITA Institut fur innovative Technologien GmbH   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POSITRONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

SIMULATED POSITRON LIFETIME SPECTRA;

POLYMERS;

EID: 0032137731     PISSN: 00318965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-396X(199808)168:2<333::AID-PSSA333>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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