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 …

Vortices in ionization collisions by positron impact

F Navarrete, R Della Picca, J Fiol… - Journal of Physics B …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The presence of vortices in the ionization of hydrogen atoms by positrons at intermediate
impact energies is investigated. The present findings show that a previously reported …

[HTML][HTML] Moderation and diffusion of positrons in tungsten meshes and foils

AI Williams, DJ Murtagh, SE Fayer… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The efficiency of tungsten meshes and thin foils for moderation of fast positrons from 22 Na
has been investigated in transmission geometry and a fair agreement has been found with …

Vortices in the three-body electron–positron–proton continuum system induced by the positron-impact ionization of hydrogen

F Navarrete, RO Barrachina - … of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
By means of a systematic theoretical study of the transition matrix element T for the
${{e}^{+}}+{\rm H} $ ionization collisions in a collinear geometry, we uncover the presence of …

[HTML][HTML] Magnetic field extraction of trap-based electron beams using a high-permeability grid

NC Hurst, JR Danielson, CM Surko - Physics of Plasmas, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
A method to form high quality electrostatically guided lepton beams is explored. Test
electron beams are extracted from tailored plasmas confined in a Penning-Malmberg trap …

Positron extraction to an electromagnetic field free region

DA Cooke, G Barandun, S Vergani… - Journal of Physics B …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe a scheme for high efficiency ($\sim 90\% $) extraction of 50 ns positron
bunches from a buffer gas trap in an electromagnetic field free region. The positrons are time …

Continuum-orientation phenomena in ionization by positron impact

J Fiol, RO Barrachina - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Ionization collisions by positron impact at low and intermediate energies are investigated by
means of a classical trajectory Monte Carlo (CTMC) simulation. Calculations of fully …

Methods and progress in studying inelastic interactions between positrons and atoms

RD DuBois - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Progress and methods used in positron based studies of inelastic atomic interactions are
traced from the original discovery of the positron to the present. Following a historic overview …

An electrostatic brightness-enhanced timed positron beam for atomic collision experiments

Á Kövér, AI Williams, DJ Murtagh… - Measurement …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
An electrostatic positron beam, incorporating a remoderation stage to yield brightness
enhancement with time-of-flight capabilities, has been developed and characterized. The …

Experimental Aspects of IonizationStudies by Positron and Positronium Impact

G Laricchia, DA Cooke, A Kover… - … Processes: Topics in …, 2013 - books.google.com
As well as probing matter—antimatter interactions, positrons (as positive electrons) have
been employed to highlight charge and mass effects in the dynamics of collisions, including …