Particle physics with a laser-driven positronium atom

Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics

Volumn 659, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 209-213

  Müller, Carsten ^a   Hatsagortsyan, Karen Z ^a   Keitel, Christoph H ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR KERNPHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laser acceleration; Microscopic electron positron collisions; Muon pair creation; Positronium

Indexed keywords

EID: 37449024064     PISSN: 03702693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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