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MONOCHROMATIC PHOTONS WITH VARIABLE ENERGY OBTAINED BY ANNIHILATION IN FLIGHT OF POSITRONS (in French)

Journal Article · · Journal de Physique et le Radium (France) Changed to J. Phys. (Orsay, Fr.)
OSTI ID:4097395
A photon monochromator using the annihilation in flight of positrons produced from high-energy electrons was installed at the linear electron accelerator at Saclay. The design of this monochromator is described. The electrons from the accelerator, slowed in a 2.2-mm-thick platinum target, produce photons, negatrons, and negatron-positron pairs. The screening magnets extract a beam of monoenergetic positrons. The positrons are annihilated in a 1mm-thick lithium target. The positron spectrum obtained with a primary beam of 15 mu amp electrons is shown. The isochromatism of the photons was confirmed by elastic scattering on the 15.11-Mev level of C/sup 12/. The relationship defining the number of annihilation photons per second was determined. The photon intensity is sufficient for the study of photon-nucleus interactions. (J.S.R.)
Research Organization:
Centre d'Etudes Nucleaires, Saclay, France
NSA Number:
NSA-15-009695
OSTI ID:
4097395
Journal Information:
Journal de Physique et le Radium (France) Changed to J. Phys. (Orsay, Fr.), Journal Name: Journal de Physique et le Radium (France) Changed to J. Phys. (Orsay, Fr.) Vol. Vol: 21; ISSN JPAAA
Country of Publication:
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Language:
French