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A new equilibrium effect in positron trapping in metals

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The equilibrium lineshape for positrons annihilating in Cd shows an anomalous temperature dependence which complicates analysis for vacancy formation energies. The phenomenon, tentatively identified as trapping by transient dilatations, probably occurs in all metals.

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  1. Physics Department, University of Guelph, N1G 2W1, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    P. C. Lichtenberger, C. W. Schulte & I. K. MacKenzie

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Lichtenberger, P.C., Schulte, C.W. & MacKenzie, I.K. A new equilibrium effect in positron trapping in metals. Appl. Phys. 6, 305–307 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00883646

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