Positronium annihilation in positron age-momentum silica aerogel studied by a correlation technique

• Published in: Chinese physics C no. 1; pp. 81 - 84
• Main Author: 王丹妮 张兰芝 王宝义 于润升 章志明 李道武 魏龙
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: 正电子; 物理学; 电子偶素; 相互关系
• ISSN: 1674-1137; 0254-3052

A high-performance positron age-momentum correlation （AMOC） spectrometer was newly developed. The counting rate is increased up to 200 cps much larger than the value 20 cps reported by other international groups. And at the same time, the time resolution still keeps at the international level of 220 ps. Furthermore, positronium （Ps） annihilation in silica aerogel was investigated by AMOC, which indicates： （1） Ps annihilation between the grains dominantly undergoes pick-off process and spin conversion from o-Ps to p-Ps; （2） Annealing below 400 ℃ changes the grain surface conditions, i. e. the desorption of hydrogen and the decrease of the defect centers concentration.