Quantum beats in the 3γ annihilation decay of Positronium observed by perturbed angular distribution

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 179-182

  Ivanov, Eugeniu ^a,b   Vata, Ion ^a   Dudu, Dorin ^a   Rusen, Ion ^a   Stefan, Nitisor ^a  

^a HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^b ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Positron annihilation; Positronium; Spin polarization; Spins relaxation; Thermalization; Zeeman effect

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION; POSITRONS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

EXPERIMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCES; OSCILLATION FREQUENCY; POSITRONIUM; SPINS RELAXATION; THERMALIZATION; TIME DIFFERENTIAL PERTURBED ANGULAR CORRELATION; ZEEMAN EFFECT;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 53249132866     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.05.284     Document Type: Article

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