Study on laser cooling of ortho-positronium
| Autor: | K. Kadoya, Hiroyuki Yabu, Keiji Wada, Tachishige Hirose, N.N. Mondal, T. Kumita, Katsuyuki Kobayashi, Masatoshi Kajita, M. Irako, B. Matsumoto |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Physics
Nuclear and High Energy Physics Annihilation Positron beam medicine.disease_cause Kinetic energy Laser Positronium law.invention law Laser cooling Physics::Atomic and Molecular Clusters medicine Physics::Atomic Physics Physics::Chemical Physics Atomic physics Instrumentation Ultraviolet Bose–Einstein condensate |
| Zdroj: | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 192:171-175 |
| ISSN: | 0168-583X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0168-583x(02)00863-7 |
| Popis: | We have been theoretically and experimentally studying details of laser cooling of ortho-positronium. Experimental apparatus consists of a pulsed positron beam generator, a long pulse wide bandwidth ultraviolet laser and a time-of-flight system to measure kinetic energy of positronium atoms is constructed and tested. Using this apparatus, production of thermally activated positronium is confirmed. Its production rate is larger as the target temperature increases and ratio of thermally activated ortho-positronium to all γ-ray annihilation events is estimated to be 32.3±6.7% for the target temperature 1000 K. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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