This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the field of low energy positrons and positronium within atomic and molecular physics. It begins with an introduction to the field, discussing the background to low energy positron beams, and then covers topics such as total scattering cross sections, elastic scattering, positronium formation, excitation and ionization, annihilation and positronium interactions. Each chapter contains a blend of theory and experiment, giving a balanced treatment of all the topics. The book will be useful for graduate students and researchers in physics and chemistry. It is ideal for those wishing to gain rapid, in-depth knowledge of this unique branch of atomic physics.
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This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the field of low energy positrons and positronium within atomic and molecular physics. Each chapter contains a combination of theory and experiment, with each topic treated from both perspectives. It will be useful for graduate students and researchers in physics and chemistry, and is ideal for those wishing to gain rapid, in-depth knowledge of this unique branch of atomic physics.
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The prediction, and subsequent discovery, of the existence of the positron, e+, constitutes one of the great successes of the theory of relativistic quantum mechanics and of twentieth century physics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
positronium formation cross section, positronium formation threshold, positron impact ionization, state positronium formation, low positron energies, positronium relative, systems containing positrons, incident positron energy, positronium formation channel, positron drift, positronium beams, antihydrogen formation, positron excitation, positronium negative ion, positronium fraction, low energy positron beams, positronium interactions, positronium states, excited state positronium, positronium scattering, scattered positrons, positronium molecule, ground state positronium, positronium hydride, positron scattering Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The prediction, and subsequent discovery, of the existence of the positron, e+, constitutes one of the great successes of the theory of relativistic quantum mechanics and of twentieth century physics. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
positronium formation cross section, positronium formation threshold, positron impact ionization, state positronium formation, low positron energies, positronium relative, systems containing positrons, incident positron energy, positronium formation channel, positron drift, positronium beams, antihydrogen formation, positron excitation, positronium negative ion, positronium fraction, low energy positron beams, positronium interactions, positronium states, excited state positronium, positronium scattering, scattered positrons, positronium molecule, ground state positronium, positronium hydride, positron scattering Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Atomic Physics with Positrons (NATO Science Series B: Physics) by J.W. Humberston on 7 pages
- Positron Scattering in Gases (NATO Science Series B: Physics) by John W. Humberston on 4 pages
- Positron Physics (Cambridge Monographs on Atomic, Molecular and Chemical Physics) by M. Charlton in Front Matter, and page 23
- Positron and Positronium Chemistry (Studies in Physical and Theoretical Chemistry) by D. M. Schrader in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Chaos in Atomic Physics (Cambridge Monographs on Atomic, Molecular and Chemical Physics) by R. Blümel in Front Matter
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- New Directions in Antimatter Chemistry and Physics by Clifford M. Surko on 4 pages
- Fundamental World of Quantum Chemistry: A Tribute to the Memory of Per-Olov Lowdin, Vol. 3 by Erkki J. Brändas on page 540
- Principles and Applications of Positron & Positronium Chemistry by Y. C. Jean on page 165
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