Positron transport in solids and the interaction of positrons with surfaces
In studying positron transport in solids, a two-stream model is proposed to account for the epithermal positrons. Thus positron implantation, thermalization, and diffusion processes are completely modeled. Experimentally, positron mobility in thermally grown SiO[sub 2] is measured in a sandwiched structure by using the Doppler broadening technique. Positron drift motion and the electric field configuration in a Si surface buried under overlayers are measured with the positron annihilation [gamma]-ray centroid shift technique. These studies are not only important in measuring positron transport and other properties in complicated systems, they are also of practical significance for material characterizations. In studying positron interactions with surfaces, a multiple-encounter picture is proposed of thermal positrons participating in the surface escape processes. Positron trapping into the surface image potential is also studied, considering the long-range nature of the image potential. Experimentally, the positron annihilation induced Auger electron spectroscopy (PAES) is used to study an ionic insulator surface KCl(100).
- Research Organization:
- City Univ. of New York, NY (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 6912127
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Thesis (Ph.D.)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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