Atomic collisions involving positrons

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 233, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 78-87

  Walters, H R J ^a   Sahoo, S ^a   Gilmore, Sharon ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Annihilation; Antihydrogen; Atom; Bose Einstein condensate; Bound states; Coupled states; Exciton; Ionization; Positron; Positronium; Protonium; Ps2; Ps ; Pseudostate; Resonance; Scattering

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SCATTERING; EXCITONS; GROUND STATE; HYDROGEN; IONIZATION; QUANTUM THEORY; RESONANCE;

ANNIHILATION; ANTIHYDROGEN; BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATE; BOUND STATES; COUPLED-STATES; POSITRONIUM; PROTONIUM; PS̄; PS2; PSEUDOSTATE;

POSITRONS;

EID: 19744364324     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.03.089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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