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Phys. Rev. A 77, 012711 (2008) [4 pages]

Energy-dependent Ps-He momentum-transfer cross section at low energies

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J. J. Engbrecht, M. J. Erickson, C. P. Johnson, A. J. Kolan, A. E. Legard, S. P. Lund, M. J. Nyflot, and J. D. Paulsen
Saint Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota 55057, USA

Received 18 June 2007; published 17 January 2008

Positronium (Ps)-He scattering presents one of the few opportunities for both theory and experiment to tackle the fundamental interactions of Ps with ordinary matter. Below the dissociation energy of 6.8 eV, experimental and theoretical work has struggled to find agreement on the strength of this interaction as measured by the momentum-transfer cross section (σm). Here, we present work utilizing the Doppler broadening technique with an age-momentum correlation apparatus. This work demonstrates a strong energy dependence for this cross section at energies below 1 eV and is consistent with previous experimental results.

© 2008 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.77.012711
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.77.012711
PACS:
36.10.Dr, 34.50.−s, 78.70.Bj