Plasma and trap-based techniques for science with positrons

JR Danielson, DHE Dubin, RG Greaves… - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2015 - APS
In recent years, there has been a wealth of new science involving low-energy antimatter (ie,
positrons and antiprotons) at energies ranging from 10 2 to less than 10-3 eV. Much of this …

Precision spectroscopy of positronium: Testing bound-state QED theory and the search for physics beyond the Standard Model

GS Adkins, DB Cassidy, J Pérez-Ríos - Physics Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Positronium (Ps) is an exotic hydrogenic atom composed of an electron bound to a positron
via the Coulomb force. Being composed of two low-mass leptons, positronium is, for all …

Positron scattering from molecules: An experimental cross section compilation for positron transport studies and benchmarking theory

MJ Brunger, SJ Buckman, K Ratnavelu - Journal of Physical and …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
We present a compilation of recommended positron–molecule cross sections for a range of
scattering processes including elastic scattering, vibrational excitation, discrete electronic …

Experiments on positronium negative ions

Y Nagashima - Physics Reports, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper is a review of new developments in the experimental field of the efficient
emission of the positronium negative ion, a bound state of one positron and two electrons …

Recent progress in the description of positron scattering from atoms using the convergent close-coupling theory

AS Kadyrov, I Bray - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Much progress in the theory of positron scattering on atoms has been made in the ten years
since the review of Surko et al (2005 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 38 R57). We review this …

[HTML][HTML] Recommended positron scattering cross sections for atomic systems

K Ratnavelu, MJ Brunger, SJ Buckman - Journal of Physical and …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
We present a critical analysis of available experimental and theoretical cross section data for
positron scattering from atomic systems. From this analysis, we present (where data are …

Photodetachment of positronium negative ions

K Michishio, T Tachibana, H Terabe, A Igarashi… - Physical Review Letters, 2011 - APS
Photodetachment of the positronium negative ion, a bound state of one positron and two
electrons, has been observed. Development of a method to produce the ions efficiently …

Current status of antiproton impact ionization of atoms and molecules: theoretical and experimental perspectives

T Kirchner, H Knudsen - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Experimental and theoretical progress in the field of antiproton-impact-induced ionization of
atoms and molecules is reviewed. We describe the techniques used to measure ionization …

Positronium microwave spectroscopy using Ramsey interferometry

TJ Babij, DB Cassidy - The European Physical Journal D, 2022 - Springer
We describe an experimental arrangement suitable for performing microwave spectroscopy
measurements of the positronium (Ps) n= 2 fine structure using Ramsey interferometry …

An energy-tunable positronium beam produced using the photodetachment of the positronium negative ion

K Michishio, T Tachibana, RH Suzuki, K Wada… - Applied Physics …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
We report here the production of an energy-tunable monoenergetic positronium beam using
photodetachment of the positronium negative ion, a bound state of one positron and two …