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Discrete and Continuous Analysis of Positron Lifetime Spectra: a Comparison

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Consolati G., Quasso F.
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vol. 95
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issue 4
505-508
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Positron lifetime spectra in poly[1-(trimethylsilyl)]propine membranes were collected at different temperatures and various number of accumulated counts, in order to compare the results from analyses obtained by different decay models: discrete (that is, purely exponential) or continuous (with at least one distribution of lifetimes). Analysis into four discrete components is inadequate, unless a low number of counts (1 to 2 millions) is accumulated. Conversely, deconvolutions which allow the ortho-positronium lifetime to be distributed give satisfactory fits, even at the highest statistics (60 millions). An equivalent good fit in terms of χ^{2} test is obtained with a five discrete components analysis, from which it is possible to extract information on the first moments (centroid and standard deviation) of ortho -positronium lifetime distribution.
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Quasi-Positronium in Polyethylene Terephthalate - Temperature and Magnetic Quenching Effects

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Consolati G., Quasso F.
Acta Physica Polonica A
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1993
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vol. 83
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issue 3
273-276
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The features of the positron-electron bound system (quasi-positronium, qPs) in the semicrystalline polymer polyethylene terephthalate (mylar) are obtained while studying the dependence of the ortho-qPs lifetime on temperature in the range of 25-105°C, in the presence as well as in the absence of magnetic fields. In particular, the "anomalous" effect, previously discovered by Bisi et al. at room temperature, is maintained at higher temperature.
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Outdoor Ageing of an Ethylene-Propylene Copolymer: A Positron Annihilation Study

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Consolati G., Quasso F., Gallo R., Severini F.
Acta Physica Polonica A
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2005
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vol. 107
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issue 5
805-810
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An investigation on the environmental degradation of an ethylene-propylene copolymer was carried out through positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy, density and differential scanning calorimetry measurements. Polymer sheets were exposed to sunlight up to 11000 hours. Density and melting enthalpy increase with ageing, while ortho-positronium intensity decreases; ortho-positronium lifetime does not show significant variations up to 4400 hours. At higher exposures it starts to decrease. Outdoor ageing produces an increased crystallinity of the copolymer; also a degradation occurs with formation of carbonyl groups. The corresponding Ps inhibition is the main reason for the decrease in ortho-positronium intensity, the other one being the reduced amount of the amorphous phase available. The lifetime decrease observed at the highest exposures can be interpreted in terms of a shrinking of the nanoholes trapping positronium.
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Water Sorption and Dessiccation in a Portland Cement Paste: Positron Annihilation Results

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Consolati G., Dotelli G., Quasso F.
Acta Physica Polonica A
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2001
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vol. 99
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issue 3-4
345-349
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Positron annihilation experiments were carried out on a Portland cement paste one year aged, which was subjected to cycles of dessiccation and subsequent water resaturation, in order to study possible changes of the porosity. Analysis of the annihilation time spectra suggests that drying and rewetting treatments do not induce irreversible modifications in the configuration of the finest gel pores.
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Production of Cold Positronium Atoms

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Brusa R., Mariazzi S., Consolati G., Dupasquier A., Quasso F., Giammarchi M.
Acta Physica Polonica A
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2008
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vol. 113
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issue 5
1301-1306
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Positronium will play a primary role in the next generation of antimatter experiments through the following antihydrogen production reaction: p̅ + Ps* → p̅e⁺ + e¯. In order to study antimatter physical properties (CPT (charge, parity, time) invariance and principle of equivalence test) it is necessary to keep this system at the lowest possible (sub-kelvin) temperatures. This requires the generation of a suitable flux of cold Ps atoms in a vacuum, a non-trivial requirement at the light of the present experimental results. In this paper we discuss the state of the actual knowledge on positronium formation and consequent emission from metallic surfaces and insulators and we show the opportunity to use suitable porous materials to cool positronium through collisions with the inner walls of the pores. We get a rough indication on the geometrical parameters of the pore and we propose a simple experiment to obtain the kinetic energy - and therefore the equivalent temperature - of emitted positronium without using a positron beam.
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