Development of a high-efficiency pulsed slow positron beam for measurements with orthopositronium in vacuum

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 560, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 224-232

  Alberola, N ^a   Anthonioz, T ^b   Badertscher, A ^c   Bas, C ^a   Belov, A S ^d   Crivelli, P ^c   Gninenko, S N ^d   Golubev, N A ^d   Kirsanov, M M ^d   Rubbia, A ^c   Sillou, D ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Buncher; Orthopositronium; Pulsed slow positron beam

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PARTICLE BEAM BUNCHING; PARTICLE BEAMS; THIN FILMS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS; VELOCITY CONTROL; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

BUNCHER; NON-LINEAR ABERRATIONS; ORTHOPOSITRONIUM; PULSED SLOW POSITRON BEAMS;

POSITRONS;

EID: 33748710421     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.01.025     Document Type: Article

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