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Total cross sections for positrons scattered elastically from helium based on new measurements of total ionization cross sections

Author
Chaplin, R. L.
Published
Jan 1, 1990.
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1 electronic document
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Diana, L. M., Adams, J. T., Brooks, D. L., and Reyna, L. K.
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Summary
An improved technique is presented for employing the 2.3m spectrometer to measure total ionization cross sections, Q sub ion, for positrons incident on He. The new ionization cross section agree with the values reported earlier. Estimates are also presented of total elastic scattering cross section, Q sub el, obtained by subtracting from total scattering cross sections, Q sub tot, reported in the literature, the Q sub ion and Q sub Ps (total positronium formation cross sections) and total excitation cross sections, Q sub ex, published by another researcher. The Q sub ion and Q sub el measured with the 3m high resolution time-of-flight spectrometer for 54.9eV positrons are in accord with the results from the 2.3m spectrometer. The ionization cross sections are in fair agreement with theory tending for the most part to be higher, especially at 76.3 and 88.5eV. The elastic cross section agree quite well with theory to the vicinity of 50eV, but at 60eV and above the experimental elastic cross sections climb to and remain at about 0.30 pi a sub o sq while the theoretical values steadily decrease.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 19900009660.
Accession ID: 90N18976.
NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Annihilation in Gases and Galaxies; p 121-123.
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