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Positrons in Solids

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  • © 1979

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Editors:
  1. Pekka Hautojärvi

    1. Department of Technical Physics, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo 15, Finland

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Part of the book series: Topics in Current Physics (TCPHY, volume 12)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Introduction to Positron Annihilation

    • P. Hautojärvi, A. Vehanen
    Pages 1-23

  3. Electron Momentum Densities in Metals and Alloys

    • P. E. Mijnarends
    Pages 25-88

  4. Positron Studies of Lattice Defects in Metals

    • R. N. West
    Pages 89-144

  5. Positrons in Imperfect Solids: Theory

    • R. M. Nieminen, M. J. Manninen
    Pages 145-195

  6. Positrons in Ionic Solids

    • A. Dupasquier
    Pages 197-243

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 245-255
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Technical Physics, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo 15, Finland

    Pekka Hautojärvi

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Positrons in Solids

  • Editors: Pekka Hautojärvi

  • Series Title: Topics in Current Physics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81316-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1979

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-81318-4Published: 14 December 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-81316-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0342-6793

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 258

  • Topics: Physics, general

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