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Future Opportunities for Positronatom (Molecule) Scattering

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The recent development of positron trapping and accumulation techniques, from which high resolution, relatively high flux, variable-energy positron beams can be formed, has created many possibilities for low energy positron atomic physics. In this article some of these opportunities are discussed, including the measurement of differential electron atom (molecule) scattering cross sections and the search for bound and quasi-bound states of positrons with atoms and molecules.

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Buckman, S.J. (2001). Future Opportunities for Positronatom (Molecule) Scattering. In: Surko, C.M., Gianturco, F.A. (eds) New Directions in Antimatter Chemistry and Physics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47613-4_21

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