Abstract

A new type of experiment has been devised in which ortho-positronium diffusion to the metal walls of a series of parallel-sided cells is studied by measuring the annihilation lifetimes. Experimental results are subjected to an analysis in which two parameters are varied to give a best fit, one of the two parameters being the scattering cross section. The method requires a number of systematic corrections which have still to be worked out. Preliminary cross section values for helium, argon and isobutane are 0.017 πa02, 0.09 πa02, and 0.54 πa02, respectively.

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