Spin polarisation in elastic-positron-atom scattering

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, , Citation K Hasenburg 1986 J. Phys. B: Atom. Mol. Phys. 19 L499 DOI 10.1088/0022-3700/19/12/009

0022-3700/19/12/L499

Abstract

Numerical results are presented for the phaseshifts of positrons which are elastically scattered from mercury atoms, in the energy range 35-800 eV. An extremely small maximum value for the amount of spin polarisation is found and a simple physical explanation of this effect is suggested.

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10.1088/0022-3700/19/12/009