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Low-Energy Positron Accumulator for Generating Directed Positron Fluxes (LEPTA Project)

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The LEPTA (Low Energy Particle Toroidal Accumulator) under construction at the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research is described. The goal of this project is to produce a small accumulator for 10-keV positrons with electronic cooling of the circulating positron beam. The main purpose of the accumulator is to generate an intense flux of the electron–positron ground state, so-called positronium. The parameters of the first experiments on a positronium flux and the current status of the work on this project are discussed.

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  1. Joint Institute of Nuclear Research, Russia

    V. K. Antropov, E. V. Boltushkin, A. V. Ivanov, S. A. Ivashkevich, V. V. Kalinichenko, Yu. V. Korotaev, V. I. Lokhmatov, I. N. Meshkov, I. A. Seleznev, A. O. Sidorin, A. V. Smirnov, E. M. Syresin, G. V. Trubnikov & S. L. Yakovenko

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  2. E. V. Boltushkin
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Antropov, V.K., Boltushkin, E.V., Ivanov, A.V. et al. Low-Energy Positron Accumulator for Generating Directed Positron Fluxes (LEPTA Project). Atomic Energy 94, 21–23 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023434418154

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