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On the Annihilation of Positrons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

J. C. Jaeger  and
H. R. Hulme
J. C. Jaeger
Affiliation:
Trinity College
H. R. Hulme
Affiliation:
Gonville and Caius College
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We shall discuss the annihilation of positrons by a process in which only one quantum of light is emitted. The positive electron is regarded as a hole or unoccupied state in the distribution of electrons in negative energy states, and is destroyed by an atomic electron jumping down into it with the emission of a single quantum. This process is only possible in the presence of a nucleus, which can take up the momentum liberated, and is therefore most probable when the atomic electron is a K-electron.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 32 , Issue 1 , January 1936 , pp. 158 - 160
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1936

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