We present the realization of a project of a device utilizing a standard high-pressure chamber adapted to compressibility and thermal expansion measurements of solids at hydrostatic pressures up to 3 GPa. The device has been tested on the triglycine sulphate crystal (TGS).
Starting from experimental cross-sections for positron scattering in argon and nitrogen, we examine different energy ranges. In the zero-energy limit the cross-section falls with energy and can be described by modified effective range theory for polarization potential. In a few eV range the cross-sections are constant vs. energy. As far as it is possible to force the elastic scattering phase shifts in a way that both experimental differential cross-sections are reproduced and the total cross-section remains constant in energy, such a model lacks the physical justification. Only the virtual-positronium model, developed recently by Gribakin, reproduces a constant dependence of the total cross section in a few eV energy range.
We report total cross-section measurements for positron scattering on cyclic hydrocarbons: benzene, aniline, and cyclohexane. Measurements were done by an absolute transition method in the energy range 1.5-20 eV (0.4-20 eV for cyclohexane). High cross-sections for all measured molecules were observed at low energies. In the case of cyclohexane the cross-section in the zero energy limit tends to a constant value. In aniline a weakly accented peak slightly above the positronium formation threshold is observed. Similar but less visible bump was observed in the case of benzene. Measurement of total cross-sections in nitrogen and argon used for calibration of the apparatus are also presented.
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