Competitive positron and positronium trapping in porous media

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 231-236

  Kajcsos, Zs ^a   Liszkay, L ^a   Duplatre G ^b   Lazar K ^c   Lohonyai, L ^a   Varga, L ^a   Gordo, P M ^d   de Lima, A P ^d   Lopes de Gil, C ^d   Ferreira Marques, M F ^e   Bosnar, D ^f   Bosnar, S ^g   Kosanovic, C ^g   Subotic, B ^g  

^a WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES SUBATOMIQUES   (France)

^c Institute of Isotopes   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^g RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Long living o Ps states; Positron annihilation in zeolites; Positronium trapping

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRAPS; GAMMA RAYS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRONS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS; ZEOLITES;

LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY (LT); LONG LIVING O-PS STATES; POSITRON ANNIHILATION; POSITRONIUM TRAPPING;

POROUS MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ERROR; POROSITY; POSITRON; POSITRONIUM; SYSTEMATIC ERROR;

EID: 33751286450     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2006.03.041     Document Type: Article

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