A positron annihilation lifetime measurement system with an intense positron microbeam

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1096-1098

  Oshima, Nagayasu ^a   Suzuki, Ryoichi ^a   Ohdaira, Toshiyuki ^a   Kinomura, Atsushi ^a   Narumi, Takamitsu ^a,b   Uedono, Akira ^b   Fujinami, Masanori ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Positron annihilation; Positron lifetime spectroscopy; Positron microbeam; Positron microscope; Positron probe microanalyzer; Slow positron

Indexed keywords

COUNTING RATES; ELECTRON LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MICRO BEAMS; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME MEASUREMENT; POSITRON LIFETIME; POSITRON LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; SLOW POSITRON; SMALL SAMPLES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME RESOLUTION;

POSITRON ANNIHILATION; POSITRON ANNIHILATION SPECTROSCOPY; PROBES; RADIOISOTOPES;

ELECTRONS;

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; POSITRON ANNIHILATION LIFETIME SPECTROSCOPY; POSITRON MICROBEAM; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION PHYSICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 69949098110     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2009.06.035     Document Type: Article

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