Production of a fully spin-polarized ensemble of positronium atoms

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 17, 2010, Pages

  Cassidy, D B ^a   Meligne, V E ^a   Mills, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATES; BUFFER GAS; DENSITY DEPENDENT; FULLY SPIN-POLARIZED; HIGH DENSITY; IN-VACUUM; LONG TERM; POROUS SILICA FILMS; POSITRON BEAMS; POSITRONIUM ATOM; SPIN COMPONENTS;

ATOMS; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POLARIZATION; QUENCHING; RADIATION DAMAGE; SILICA; SPIN DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STEAM CONDENSERS;

POSITRONS;

EID: 77951595337     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.173401     Document Type: Article

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