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We describe an experiment in progress which is designed to efficiently accumulate and store positrons from a radioactive source. The potential uses of such a collection of positrons is briefly discussed, as well as the limits of these accumulation and storage methods.
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Wysocki, F.J., Leventhal, M., Passner, A. et al. Accumulation and storage of low energy positrons. Hyperfine Interact 44, 185–200 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02398669
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