Clifford M Surko

New Directions in Antimatter Chemistry and Physics Clifford M Surko 2001 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Table of Contents: Preface. I: Positron Sources and Beams. 1. A laser-cooled positron plasma; B. M. Jelenkovic, et al. 2. Trap-based positron beams; R. G. Greaves, C. M. Surko. 3. Intense radioisotope sources for spin polarized positron beams; F. Saito, et al. II: Antihydrogen, Bose-Condensed Positronium, and Positrons in Materials. 4. Collisions of H and H; A. Dalgarno, et al. 5. Positron physics in a new perspective: Low-energy antihydrogen scattering by simple atoms and molecules; E. A. G. Armoud, C. W. Chamberlain. 6. The Bose-Einstein condensation of positronium in submicron cavities; D. B. Cassidy, J. A. Golovchenko. 7. Cooling and quenching of positronium in porous material; H. Saito, T. Hyodo. 8. New experiments with bright positron and positronium beams; A. P. Mills, Jr., P. M. Platzman. 9. Positron states in materials: density functional and quantum monte carlo studies; B. Barbiellini. 10. Depth-profiled positron annihilation spectroscopy of thin insulating films; D. W. Gidley, et al. III: Positron and Positronium Interactions with Atoms. 11. The scattering of positrons and positronium by atomic targets; H. R. J. Walters, et al. 12. Positronic atoms; J. Mitroy, et al. 13. Perspectives on physics with low energy positrons: fundamentals, beams and scattering; M. Charlton. 14. Positron chemistry by quantum monte carlo; M. Mella, et al. 15. Antimatter compounds; D. M. Schrader, J. Moxom. 16. Positronium-atom/molecule interactions: momentum-transfer cross sections and Zeff; Y. Nagashima, et al. 17. Correlations between cross sections and threshold energies for positronium formation and direct ionization; J. W. Humberston, et al. IV: Positron and Positronium Interactions with Molecules. 18. Scattering of positronium atom off atomic hydrogen and helium targets; A. S. Ghosh, P. K. Sinha. 19. Atomic and molecular physics using positron traps and trap-based beams; C. M. Surko. 20. Experimental studies of positron scattering using a weak radioactive isotope source; O. Sueoka. 21. Future opportunities in positron-atom (molecule) scattering; S. J. Buckman. 22. Theory of positron annihilation on molecules; G. Gribakin. 23. Bound states of positron with molecules; M. Tachikawa, et al. 24. Low-energy positron dynamics in polyatomic gases; F. A. Gianturco, et al. 25. A test calculation on SF6 of model potentials for correlation and polarization effects in positron scattering from molecules; R. R. Lucchese, et al. 26. On the contribution of polarization-correlation forces to high annihilation rates in positron-molecule collisions; M. T. do N. Varella, et al. Author Index. Index. Publisher Marketing: This work presents a state-of-the-art view of antimatter chemistry and physics, with emphasis on the nanoscopic interactions of positronium atoms with ordinary matter. Selected applications are also discussed. The chapters present a summary of contemporary knowledge in terms of both theory and experiment and look to the future of research in this area. Extensive bibliographies are included to make the volume a useful reference book. This volume is intended for a broad audience, ranging from specialists in positron research to the graduate students who should be able to use some of the chapters as the introduction to a research area.