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The Doppler broadening of positron annihilation photons was measured in 17 metals. A model which considers the positron lifetime spectra in metals to be composed of terms for annihilation with conduction and core electrons and surface centers of low electron momentum is used to correlate calculated core annihilation rates with the Doppler lineshape. Ta metal was doped with defects with high energy implantations of14N+4 ions at variable doses. Differences in the Doppler linewidths were ascribed as being principally a reflection of the probabilty of annihilation with core electrons relative to annihilation with conduction electrons.
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Barshay, S.S., Leber, R.E. & Lambrecht, R.M. Doppler broadening of positron annihilation photons in metals. Appl. Phys. 5, 67–70 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01193398
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