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Progress toward the long time confinement of large positron numbers

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The requirements for, and recent progress toward, the long time confinement of large positron number using a novel microtrap array will be discussed, with reviews of previously published data highlighted in support of the current proposal.

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  1. Center for Materials Research, Washington State University, P.O. Box 642711, Pullman, 99164-2711, WA, USA

    C. J. Baker, J. Jennings, A. Verma, J. Xu, M. H. Weber & K. G. Lynn

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Baker, C.J., Jennings, J., Verma, A. et al. Progress toward the long time confinement of large positron numbers. Eur. Phys. J. D 66, 109 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2012-20631-6

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