Excited state positronium collisions with the noble gases

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

Volumn 266, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3221-3225

  Starrett, C ^a   Walters, H R J ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Argon; Discrete transitions; First Born approximation; Helium; Impulse approximation; Inert gases; Noble gases; Positronium; Xenon

Indexed keywords

BORN APPROXIMATION; GROUND STATE; INERT GASES; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; POSITRONS;

DISCRETE TRANSITIONS; FIRST BORN APPROXIMATION; HARTLEY-WALTERS APPROXIMATION; IMPULSE APPROXIMATION; POSITRONIUM;

EXCITED STATES;

EID: 46549084177     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2008.04.015     Document Type: Article

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