Abstract
The bubble model is widely used for the analysis of the decay characteristics of the positronium atom in liquids. However, according to some authors this description is inappropriate in the case of polar liquids with high surface tension. It has been advocated that for such media, rather than employing the value of the bulk surface tension (which appears as a parameter in the model), one should incorporate the notion of a transition layer between the liquid phase and the cavity that encloses the positronium. Accordingly, the usual bubble model with sharp boundaries is modified in the present work through the introduction of a diffusivity in the bubble surface, thus developing the proper setting (without involving any extra free parameters) such that liquids with high surface tension may also be meaningfully discussed in this context and confronted with experimental data.
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