Positrons in Solids (Topics in Current Physics, Band 12) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3642813186 ISBN 13: 9783642813184

Verlag: Springer, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

In condensed matter initially fast positrons annihilate after having reached equi­ librium with the surroundings. The interaction of positrons with matter is governed by the laws of ordinary quantum mechanics. Field theory and antiparticle properties enter only in the annihilation process leading to the emergence of energetic photons. The monitoring of annihilation radiation by nuclear spectroscopic methods provides valuable information on the electron-positron system which can directly be related to the electronic structure of the medium. Since the positron is a positive electron its behavior in matter is especially interesting to solid-state and atomic physi­ cists. The small mass quarantees that the positron is really a quantum mechanical particle and completely different from any other particles and atoms. Positron physics started about 25 years ago but discoveries of new features in its interac­ tion with matter have maintained continuous interest and increasing activity in the field. Nowadays it is becoming part of the "stock-in-trade" of experimental physics.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Springer
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 3642813186
• ISBN 13: 9783642813184
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 276
• Herausgeber: Hautojärvi P.
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