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Positrons

Known as: Positive beta particle, Positron 
The anti-particle of the electron, having the same mass but being positively rather than negatively charged.(Dr. Joseph A. Thie)
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2018
Review
2018
An Overview of Non-drug Therapies for the Treatment of Epilepsy
Epilepsy is one of the most common neurological disorders, characterized by recurrent spontaneous seizures and a major health… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Positron emission mammographic instrument: initial results.
Performance characteristics of a positron emission mammographic (PEM) instrument were studied. This dedicated metabolic breast… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Total cross-section measurements for positrons and electrons scattered by sodium and potassium atoms.
Absolute total-scattering cross sections ({ital Q}{sub {ital T}}'s) have been measured for positrons and electrons colliding with… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Ion-beam-induced damage in silicon studied using variable-energy positrons, Rutherford backscattering, and infrared absorption.
Silicon (100) wafers have been irradiated at 300 K with silicon ions or helium ions at energies between 0.2 and 5.0 MeV. Fluences… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Annihilation of positrons on organic molecules.
The lifetime of positrons confined in a Penning trap is studied in the presence of a variety of chemical species. The large… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Local charge-density change and superconductivity: A positron study.
The temperature dependence between 10 and 300 K of the positron lifetime was measured in the high-temperature superconductors YBA… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Positron trapping at vacancies in electron-irradiated Si at low temperatures.
Experimental results on positron trapping at vacancies in electron-irradiated silicon are presented. The positron lifetimes 273… 
1987
1987
Measurement of the tau -lepton lifetime.
We report a new and precise measurement of the lifetime of the tau lepton. The data were taken with the High Resolution… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Positron annihilation in the high-temperature superconductor YBa2Cu3O6+ delta.
  • JeanWang Chu
  • Physical Review B (Condensed Matter)
  • 1987
  • Corpus ID: 6111915
Positron-annihilation lifetime and Doppler broadening energy spectra have been measured in high-temperature superconductors… 
1987
1987
Positron diffusion in Mo: The role of epithermal positrons.
Positrons at keV energies, incident on Mo(111) are observed to escape the sample prior to thermalization. Analysis of positron…