Formed in silica aerogels, positronium annihilation in oxygen and nitrogen mixture is studied by a simple and convenient method. The results show that ortho-positronium （o-Ps） lifetime is significantly shortened whe...Formed in silica aerogels, positronium annihilation in oxygen and nitrogen mixture is studied by a simple and convenient method. The results show that ortho-positronium （o-Ps） lifetime is significantly shortened when some oxygen is introduced into ni- trogen gas and that the o-Ps collisional quenching rate for an oxy- gen molecule is （28.0±0.4） ±ts%amagat（1 amagat 2.69± 1025 m-3）. It is found that the o-Ps annihilation rate in oxygen of latin at room temperature is （25.5±0.5） us-1 and that the effective num- ber of electrons per oxygen molecule available for 27 annihilation of positron in the o-Ps is （34.6±0.4）.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(10975108and10974149)the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(20090141120069)
文摘Formed in silica aerogels, positronium annihilation in oxygen and nitrogen mixture is studied by a simple and convenient method. The results show that ortho-positronium （o-Ps） lifetime is significantly shortened when some oxygen is introduced into ni- trogen gas and that the o-Ps collisional quenching rate for an oxy- gen molecule is （28.0±0.4） ±ts%amagat（1 amagat 2.69± 1025 m-3）. It is found that the o-Ps annihilation rate in oxygen of latin at room temperature is （25.5±0.5） us-1 and that the effective num- ber of electrons per oxygen molecule available for 27 annihilation of positron in the o-Ps is （34.6±0.4）.
