Defect identification in semiconductors with positron annihilation:<? format?> Experiment and theory

F Tuomisto, I Makkonen - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2013‏ - APS
Positron annihilation spectroscopy is particularly suitable for studying vacancy-type
defects<? format?> in semiconductors. Combining state-of-the-art experimental and …

Effects of electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions on the one-electron states of solids

L Hedin, S Lundqvist - Solid state physics, 1970‏ - Elsevier
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses two major developments that have taken place
over the past decade. First is the enormous wealth of energy band calculations that have …

Positron studies of condensed matter

RN West - Advances in Physics, 1973‏ - Taylor & Francis
This review is concerned with the utilization of the positron-electron annihilation
phenomenon in studies of the physics of condensed matter. A preliminary chapter outlines …

Positron lifetimes in metals

H Weisberg, S Berko - Physical Review, 1967‏ - APS
Positron decay curves in various metals have been measured, using careful sample
preparation techniques and a delayed-coincidence system with 0.30-nsec (full width at half …

Compton scattering and electron momentum distributions

M Cooper - Advances in Physics, 1971‏ - Taylor & Francis
The recent development of the technique of inelastic x-ray scattering to study the electron
momentum distribution in the scatterer is surveyed. The simple relationship between the …

Quantum Monte Carlo study of a positron in an electron gas

ND Drummond, P López Ríos, RJ Needs, CJ Pickard - Physical review letters, 2011‏ - APS
Quantum Monte Carlo calculations of the relaxation energy, pair-correlation function, and
annihilating-pair momentum density are presented for a positron immersed in a …

Electrodynamics of a semiclassical free-electron gas

MG Calkin, PJ Nicholson - Reviews of Modern Physics, 1967‏ - APS
This article presents a simplified treatment of the high density, collisionless, free-electron
gas, based on the ideas of a wave number and frequency-dependent conductivity and …

Calculation of valence electron momentum densities using the projector augmented-wave method

I Makkonen, M Hakala, MJ Puska - Journal of Physics and Chemistry of …, 2005‏ - Elsevier
We present valence electron Compton profiles calculated within the density-functional
theory using the all-electron full-potential projector augmented-wave method (PAW). Our …

On the kinetic theory of a van der Waals gas

L Sobrino - Canadian Journal of Physics, 1967‏ - cdnsciencepub.com
A kinetic equation is proposed that leads, in equilibrium, to the Van der Waals equation of
state. It is shown that this kinetic equation obeys an H theorem, and that its equilibrium …

Angular correlation in positron annihilation

J Arponen, E Pajanne - Journal of Physics F: Metal Physics, 1979‏ - iopscience.iop.org
The angular correlation of the two gamma quanta emitted when a thermalised positron
annihilates with metallic conduction electrons is investigated by applying the newly …