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Positron spectroscopy for materials characterization

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One of the more active areas of research on materials involves the observation and characterization of defects. The discovery of positron localization in vacancy-type defects in solids in the 1960’s initiated a vast number of experimental and theoretical investigations which continue to this day. Traditional positron annihilation spectroscopic techniques, including lifetime studies, angular correlation, and Doppler broadening of annihilation radiation, are still being applied to new problems in the bulk properties of simple metals and their alloys. In addition, new techniques based on tunable sources of monoenergetic positron beams have, in the last five years, expanded the horizons to studies of surfaces, thin films, and interfaces. In the present paper, we briefly review these experimental techniques, illustrating them with some of the important accomplishments in the field.

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  1. Department of Physics, The University of Western Ontario, N6A 3K7, London, ON, Canada

    Peter J. Schultz (Professor of Physics)

  2. Neutral Beam Division, Department of Nuclear Energy, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 11973, Upton, NY

    C. L. Snead (Division Head)

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This paper is based on a presentation made in the symposium “Irradiation-Enhanced Materials Science and Engineering” presented as part of the ASM INTERNATIONAL 75th Anniversary celebration at the 1988 World Materials Congress in Chicago, IL, September 25–29, 1988, under the auspices of the Nuclear Materials Committee of TMS-AIME and ASM-MSD.

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Schultz, P.J., Snead, C.L. Positron spectroscopy for materials characterization. Metall Trans A 21, 1121–1131 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02656532

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