ISSN:
1432-0630
Keywords:
Defect properties of solids
;
Electron states in solids
;
Electrons
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Abstract The small effects associated with positron trapping in metal defects are masked in practice not only by inherent statistical fluctuations, but also by electronic instabilities. the unique directional correlation of annihilation quanta allows us to use a very efficient labelling technique which facilitates simultaneous measurements of the annihilation energy spectrum in the sample and in a standard. The result is that the system becomes essentially free of drift, so that precision of energy determination is limited by the statistics of counting alone. We have used the efficient technique of Ge(Li) spectroscopy together with labelling to measure the annihilation lineshape. Lineshape parameters, including the first two moments, have been extracted from this data. The techniques are applied to the measurement of recovery at room temperature and to a determination of the binding energy of positrons to traps in aluminum.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00885845
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