Towards a new measurement of the decay rate of the negative positronium ion Ps-

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

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 185-194

  Schwalm, D ^a   Fleischer, S M ^a   Lestinsky, M ^a   Degreif, K ^a   Gwinner, G ^a   Liechtenstein, V ^b   Plenge, F ^a   Scheit, H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

^b KURCHATOV INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Decay rate measurements; Negative positronium ion

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANNEALING; BINDING ENERGY; DISSOCIATION; GROUND STATE; KINETIC ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHOTOIONIZATION; POSITRONS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

AUTOIONIZATION THRESHOLD; DECAY RATE MEASUREMENTS; NEGATIVE POSITRONIUM IONS; PHOTOEXCITATION;

NEGATIVE IONS;

EID: 2542453135     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.03.053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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