Evidence for resonance and absorption effects in positron-atom differential elastic scattering
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1572-9540
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Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
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Physics
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Abstract This review focuses on recent positron-atom elastic differential cross section (DCS) measurements which reveal evidence that interference effects may be occurring between the elastic and inelastic scattering channels. These effects appear as (1) absorption effects which are observable in relative elastic DCSs by the “washing out” of structure in the DCS versus angle as the positron energy is increased above the positronium formation threshold, and (2) a new type of resonance-like structures at intermediate energies (well above the normal inelastic thresholds) that have been observed in absolute elastic DCS measurements when plotted at a fixed scattering angle versus energy. A discussion is provided of possibly relevant information on positron-atom scattering that also indicates that coupling is occurring between various scattering channels.
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Electronic Resource
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