POSITRON GROUP PAPERS

NOTE: Papers about convection or catalysis
can be accessed via the past research web pages.

The papers listed below have been sorted into the following categories:

Summary and Review

Trapping, Cooling and Beam Extraction

Atomic Physics

Positron Scattering
Annihilation

Antihydrogen

Other Topics

Plasma Physics
Non-neutral Plasmas

Electron-positron Plasmas

Tokamak Diagnostics
Other Topics

also available in Reprints Book Volume III

also available in Reprints Book Volume II

also available in Reprints Book Volume I

SUMMARY AND REVIEW

C. M. Surko
"A whiff of antimatter soup"
News and Views
Nature 449 Sept. 2007, 153-154
(940k)

C. M. Surko
Positron atomic physics – A look to the future
NIM B 247 (2006) 1-4
(84k)

C. M. Surko
"The buffer-gas positron accumulator and resonances in positron-molecule interactions"
(Written in conjunction with the symposium honoring the retirement of D. Drachman and A. Temkin)
NASA Conference Publication Service, A. Bhatia, ed. (NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, MD, 2006).
(Please Note 11.4 Mb)

C. M. Surko, G. F. Gribakin and S. J. Buckman
"Low - energy positron interactions with atoms and molecules"
Journal of Physics B 38 (2005) R57-R126
(Please Note 1.4 Mb)

Popular article about positron annihilation with matter
E.S. Reich, "When antimatter attacks,"
New Scientist April 24, 2004 p 34
(Please Note 11Mb)

J.P. Marler, L.D.Barnes, S.J. Gilbert, J.P. Sullivan, J.A. Young and C.M. Surko
"Experimental studies of the interaction of low energy positrons with atoms and molecules"
NIM B 221 (2004), 84-92
(161k)

C.M. Surko and R.G.Greaves
"Emerging science and technology of antimatter plasmas and trap-based beams"
Physics of Plasmas 11 (2004) 2333-2348
(530k)

J.P. Sullivan, S.J. Gilbert, J.P. Marler, L.D.Barnes, S.J. Buckman and C.M. Surko
"Low energy positron scattering and annihilation studies using a high-resolution trap-based beam"
NIM B 192 (2002), 3-16.
(410k)

C. M. Surko
"Atomic and Molecular Physics Using Positron Traps and Trap-Based Beams"
New Directions in Antimatter Chemistry and Physics C. M. Surko and F. A. Gianturco, eds. (Kluwer Scientific Publishers, The Netherlands, 2001), pp. 345 - 366.
(538k)

C. M. Surko, R.G. Greaves, K. Iwata and S.J. Gilbert
"Atomic and Molecular Physics Using Positron Accumluation Techniques --Summary and a Look to the Future"
NIM B171(2000), pp. 2-16.
(355k)

R.G. Greaves and C.M. Surko
"Technological Applications of Trapped Positrons"
Non-neutral Plasmas III J. Bollinger, R. Spencer and R. Davidson Eds., AIP Conf. Proc. No. 498,(AIP, New York, 1999), pp. 19-28.
(397k)

C. M. Surko, S. J. Gilbert, and R. G. Greaves
"Progress in Creating Low-Energy Positron Plasma and Beams"
Proc. of Conf. on Nonneutral Plasmas J. Bollinger, R. Spencer and R. Davidson Eds., AIP Conf. Proc. No. 498,(AIP, New York, 1999), pp. 3
(304k)

R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko
"Antimatter plasmas and antihydrogen"
Physics of Plasma 4 (1997), pp. 1528-43.
(355k)

C. M. Surko, K.Iwata, C.Kurz and S.J. Gilbert
"Atomic and Molecular Physics using Positrons in a Penning Trap"
Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions F.Ayumayr and H.P. Winters, eds. (World Scientifc, 1997), pp. 383-392.
(785k)

TRAPPING, COOLING AND BEAM EXTRACTION

T. R. Weber, J. R. Danielson, and C. M. Surko
"Creation of finely focused particle beams from single-component plasmas"
Physics of Plasmas 15, 012106 (2008)
(942k)

J. R. Danielson, T. R. Weber and C. M. Surko
"Extraction of Small-Diameter Beams from Single-Component Plasmas"
Applied Physics Letters 90 (2007), 081503.
(188k)

J. R. Danielson, T. R. Weber, and C. M. Surko
"Plasma manipulation techniques for positron storage in a multicell trap"
Physics of Plasmas 13 (2006), 123502
(639k)

J.A. Young and C.M. Surko
"Charged particle motion in spatially varying electric and magnetic fields"
Nuc. Inst. and Meth. B, 247 (2006), p.147-154
(246k)

J.R. Danielson, P. Schmidt, J.P. Sullivan, et al
"A Cryogenic, High-field Trap for Large Positron Plasmas and Cold Beams"
Non-Neutral Plasma Physics V, M. Schauer, T. Mitchell, R. Nebel Eds., AIP Conf. Proc. No. 692 (AIP, New York, 2003), pp. 149-161.
(328k)

C. M. Surko and R. G. Greaves
"A Multicell Trap to Confine Large Numbers of Positrons"
Radiation Physics and Chemistry 68, (2003), pp. 419-25.
(176k)

R. G. Greaves, S. J. Gilbert, and C. M. Surko
"Trap-based positron beams"
Applied Surface Science 194, (2002), pp. 56-60.
(143k)

R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko
"Practical Limits on Positron Accumulation and the Creation of Electron-Positron Plasmas"
Nonneutral Plasma Physics IVF. Anderegg, L.Scweikhard, C.F. Driscoll, eds., (AIP Conf. Proc. #606, AIP Press, Melville NY, 2002), pp. 10-23.
(588k)

R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko
"Positron Trapping and the Creation of High-Quality Trap-Based Positron Beams"
Nuc. Inst. and Meth. B 192(2002), pp.90-96
(350k)

R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko
"Radial Compression and Inward Transport of Positron PLasmas Using a Rotating Electric Field"
Phys. Plasmas 8(2001), pp.1879-85
(0k)

R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko
"Inward Transport and Compression of a Positron Plasma by a Rotating Electric Field"
Phys. Rev. Lett 85(2000), pp.1883-6
(811k)
C. Kurz, S. J. Gilbert, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko
"New source of ultra-cold positron and electron beams"
Nuc. Inst. and Meth. B 143 (1998), pp. 188-94.
(193k)
S. J. Gilbert, C. Kurz, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko
"Creation of a monoenergetic pulsed positron beam"
Appl. Phys. Lett. 70 (1997), pp. 1944-6.
(71k)
R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko
"Solid neon moderator for positron trapping experiments"
Canadian Journal of Physics 74 (1996), pp. 445-8.
R. G. Greaves, M. D. Tinkle, and C. M. Surko
"Experiments with trapped positron plasmas"
Nonneutral Plasma Physics II, edited by J. Fajans and D. H. E. Dubin, AIP Conf. Proc. No. 331 (AIP, New York, 1995), pp. 70-86.
C. M. Surko and R. G. Greaves
"Physics with trapped positron gases and plasmas"
Elementary processes in dense plasmas, edited by S. Ichimaru and S. Ogata (Addison-Wesley, New York, 1995), pp. 463-76.
T. J. Murphy and C. M. Surko
"Positron trapping in an electrostatic well by inelastic collisions with nitrogen molecules"
Phys. Rev. A 46 (1992), pp. 5696-705.
(860k)
C. M. Surko, A. Passner, M. Leventhal and F. J. Wysocki
"Physics in a Positron Trap"
in Positron Annihilation, L. Dorikens-Vanpraet and D. Segers, Eds.
(World Scientific, Singapore, 1989), pp. 161-170
C. M. Surko, M. Leventhal, A. Passner and F. J. Wysocki
"A Positron Plasma in the Laboratory"
Proc. of the ONR Conf. on Single Component Plasmas, AIP Conf. Proc. 175 (1988)
F. J. Wysocki, M. Leventhal, A. Passner and C. M. Surko
"Accumulation and Storage of Low Energy Positrons"
Hyperfine Interactions 44 (1988), pp. 185.
C. M. Surko, M. Leventhal, W. S. Crane and A. J. Mills, Jr.
"The Positron Trap - A New Tool for Plasma Physics"
Positron Studies of Solids, Surfaces and Atoms, A Symposium to Celebrate Stephan Berko's 60th Birthday
K. F. Canter, W. S. Crane and A. J. Mills, Jr., Eds. (World Scientific, Singapore, pp. 221., 1986)

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ATOMIC PHYSICS

POSITRON SCATTERING

J. P. Marler and C. M. Surko
"High resolution cross section measurements using a trap based positron (electron) beam"
23rd Summer School and International Symposium on the Physics of Ionized Gases,
L. Hadzievski, B. Marinkovic, N. Simonovic, Eds., AIP Conf. Proc. No. 876 (AIP, New York, 2006), pp. 125-131.
(254k)

J. P. Marler, C. M. Surko, R. P. McEachran, and A. D. Stauffer
"Differential cross sections for positron-xenon elastic scattering"
Phys. Rev. A 73 (2006) 064702.
(64k)

J. P. Marler, G. F. Gribakin and C. M. Surko
"Comparison of positron -impact vibrational excitation cross sections with the Born-dipole model"
NIM B 247 (2006) 87-91.
(371k)

J. P. Marler and C.M. Surko
"Positron-impact ionization, positronium formation, and electronic excitation cross sections for diatomic molecules"
Phys. Rev. A 72 (2005), 062713.
(218k)

J. P. Marler and C.M. Surko
"Systematic comparison of positron- and electron-impact excitation of the nu(3) vibrational mode of CF4"
Phys. Rev. A 72 (2005), 062702.
(82k)

J. P. Marler
New Results for Positron Scattering from Noble Gas Atoms and Diatomic Molecules,
Ph.D. thesis, University of California, San Diego, 2005 (unpublished).
(1,382k)

J. P. Marler, J.P. Sullivan and C.M. Surko
"Ionization and Positronium Formation in Noble Gases"
Phys. Rev. A 71 (2005), 022701.
(143k)

J.P. Sullivan, S.J. Gilbert, J.P. Marler, R.G. Greaves, S.J. Buckman and C.M. Surko
"Positron scattering from atoms and molecules using a magnetized beam"
Phys. Rev. A 66 (2002), 042708.
(157k)

J.P. Sullivan, J.P. Marler, S.J. Gilbert, S.J. Buckman and C.M. Surko
"Excitation of Electronic States of Ar, H₂ and N₂ by Positron Impact"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 (2001).
(126k)

J.P. Sullivan, S.J. Gilbert, S.J. Buckman and C.M. Surko
"Searches for Resonances in the Scattering of Low-Energy Positrons from Atoms and Molecules"
J. Phys. B 34 (2001), L467-L474.
(355k)

J.P. Sullivan, S. J. Gilbert and C. M. Surko
"Excitation of Molecular Vibrations by Positron Impact"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001), pp. 1494-7.
(92k)

S. J. Gilbert
A New Ultra-Cold Positron Beam and Applications to Low-Energy
Positron Scattering and Electron-Positron Plasmas, Ph.D. thesis,
University of California, San Diego, 2000 (unpublished).
(1,507k)

S. J. Gilbert, J. Sullivan, R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko
"Low Energy Positron Scattering from Atoms and Molecules using Positron Accumulation Techniques"
J. Nucl. Instr. Meth. B 171 (2000), pp. 81-95.
(271k)
S. J. Gilbert, R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko
"Positron Scattering from Atoms and Molecules at Low Energies"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 82 (1999), pp. 5032-5035.
(267k)

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ANNIHILATION

J.A. Young and C.M. Surko
"Vibrational Feshbach resonance mediated positron annihilation in small molecules"
Phys. Rev. A 78, 032702 (2008)
(1,069k)

J.A. Young, G.F. Gribakin, C.M.R. Lee, and C.M. Surko
"Role of combination vibrations in resonant positron annihilation"
Phys. Rev. A 77, 060702(R) (2008)
(317k)

J.A. Young and C.M. Surko
"Feshbach-resonance-mediated annihilation in positron interactions with large molecules"
Phys. Rev. A 77, 052704 (2008)
(273k)

J.A. Young and C.M. Surko
"Dependence of Resonant Positron-molecule Annihilation on Molecular Temperature"
Nuc. Inst. and Meth. B 266, 478 (2008)
(273k)

J. A. Young
Energy resolved annihilation studies: Vibrational Feshbach resonance and positron-molecule bound states, Ph.D. thesis,
University of California, San Diego, 2007 (unpublished).
(3,123k)

J. A. Young and C. M. Surko
"Role of binding energy in Feshbach-resonant positron-molecule annihilation"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007), 133201
(256k)

L. D. Barnes, J. A. Young and C. M. Surko
"Energy-resolved positron annihilation rates for molecules"
Phys. Rev A 74 (2006), 012706
(161k)

L. D. Barnes
Positron annihilation on atoms and molecules, Ph.D. thesis,
University of California, San Diego, 2005 (unpublished).
(1,559k)

L. D. Barnes, J. P. Marler, J. P. Sullivan and C. M. Surko
"Positron Scattering and Annihilation Studies Using a Trap-Based Beam"
Physica Scripta T110 (2004),280-285
(151k)

J. P. Sullivan, L. D. Barnes, J. P. Marler, S. J. Gilbert and C. M. Surko
"Scattering and Annihilation Experiments Using a Trap-Based Beam"
Materials Science Forum 445 (2004),435

L. D. Barnes, S. J. Gilbert and C. M. Surko
"Energy-resolved positron annihilation for molecules"
Phys. Rev A 67 (2003),032706
(151k)

S.J.Gilbert, L.D.Barnes, J.P. Sullivan and C. M. Surko
"Vibrational-Resonance Enhancement of Positron Annihilation in Molecules"
Phys. Rev. Lett., 88 (2002),
(183k)

K. Iwata, G. F. Gribakin, R. G. Greaves, C. Kurz and C. M. Surko
"Positron Annihilation on Large Molecules"
Phys. Rev. A, 61 (2000), 022719
(212k)

K. Iwata
Positron annihilation on atoms and molecules, Ph.D. thesis,
University of California, San Diego, 1997 (unpubished).
(1,791k)

K. Iwata, R. G. Greaves, C. Kurz, S. J. Gilbert, and C. M. Surko
"Studies of positron-matter interactions using stored positrons in an electrostatic trap"
(Positron Annihilation, ICPA-11. 11th International Conference, Kansas City, MO, USA, May 1997). Materials Science Forum, 255-257, pp. 223-7.
K. Iwata, G. F. Gribakin, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko
"Positron annihilation with inner-shell electrons in noble gas atoms"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 79 (1997), pp. 39-42.
(118k)
K. Iwata, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko
"Gamma-ray spectra from positron annihilation on atoms and molecules"
Phys. Rev. A 55 (1997), pp. 3586-3604.
(404k)
C. Kurz, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko
"Temperature dependence of positron annihilation rates in noble gases"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 77 (1997), pp. 2929-32.
(112k)
K. Iwata, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko
"Positron annihilation in a simulated interstellar medium"
Canadian Journal of Physics 74 (1996), pp. 407-10.
(710k)
P. Van Reeth, J. W. Humberston, K. Iwata, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko
"Annihilation in low-energy positron-helium scattering"
J. of Phys. B 29 (1996), pp. L465-71.
(123k)
K. Iwata, R. G. Greaves, T. J. Murphy, M. D. Tinkle, and C. M. Surko
"Measurements of positron-annihilation rates on molecules"
Phys. Rev. A 51 (1995), pp. 473-87.
(1176k)
K. Iwata, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko
"Annihilation rates of positrons on aromatic molecules"
Hyperfine Interactions 89 (1994), pp. 271-8.
C. M. Surko, R. G. Greaves, and M. Leventhal
"Use of traps to study positron annihilation in astrophysically relevant media"
Hyperfine Interactions 81 (1993), pp. 239-52.
T. J. Murphy and C. M. Surko
"Annihilation of Positrons on Large Molecules"
in Electronic and Atomic Collisions (Adam Hilger Publishing, Bristol, England, 1992), pp. 623-630.
S. Tang, M. D. Tinkle, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko
"Annihilation gamma-ray spectra from positron-molecule interactions"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 68 (1992), pp. 3793-6.
(319k)
T. J. Murphy and C. M. Surko
"Annihilation of positrons in xenon gas"
J. of Phys. B, 23 (1990), pp. 727-32.
T. J. Murphy and C. M. Surko
"Annihilation of positrons on organic molecules"
Phys. Rev. Lett. 67 (1991), pp. 2954-7.
(308k)
C. M. Surko, A. Passner, M. Leventhal, and F. J. Wysocki
"Bound states of positrons and large molecules"
Phys. Rev. Lett., 61 (1988), pp. 1831-4.
(301k)

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ANTI- HYDROGEN

R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko
"Antimatter plasmas and antihydrogen"
Physics of Plasma 4 (1997), pp. 1528-43.
(355k)
C. M. Surko, R. G. Greaves and M. Charlton
"Stored positrons for antihydrogen production"
Hyperfine Interactions 109 (1997), pp. 181-8.

NON- NEUTRAL PLASMAS

T. R. Weber, J. R. Danielson, and C. M. Surko
"Creation of finely focused particle beams from single-component plasmas"
Physics of Plasmas 15, 012106 (2008)
(942k)

J. R. Danielson, C. M. Surko and T. M. O'Neil
"High-density Fixed point for Radially Compressed Single-component Plasmas"
Physical Review Letters 99 (2007) 135005.
(433k)

J. R. Danielson, T. R. Weber and C. M. Surko
"Extraction of Small-Diameter Beams from Single-Component Plasmas"
Applied Physics Letters 90 (2007), 081503.
(188k)

J. R. Danielson and C. M. Surko
"Plasma Compression using Rotating Electric Fields - the Strong Drive Regime"
Non-Neutral Plasma Physics VI, M. Drewson, U. Uggerhoj, H. Knudsen Eds., AIP Conf. Proc. No. 862 (AIP, New York, 2006), pp. 19-28.
(1029k)

J. R. Danielson and C. M. Surko
"Plasma manipulation techniques for positron storage in a multicell trap"
Physics of Plasmas 13 (2006), 123502
(639k)

J. R. Danielson and C. M. Surko
"Radial compression and torque-balanced steady states of single-component plasmas in Penning-Malmberg traps"
Physics of Plasmas 13 (2006), 055706
(625k)

J. R. Danielson and C. M. Surko
"Torque-Balanced High-Density Steady States of Single-Component Plasmas"
Physical Review Letters 94 (2005), 0305001.
(415k)

J.R. Danielson, P. Schmidt, J.P. Sullivan, et al
"A Cryogenic, High-field Trap for Large Positron Plasmas and Cold Beams"
Non-Neutral Plasma Physics V, M. Schauer, T. Mitchell, R. Nebel Eds., AIP Conf. Proc. No. 692 (AIP, New York, 2003), pp. 149-161.
(328k)

C. M. Surko and R. G. Greaves
"A Multicell Trap to Confine Large Numbers of Positrons"
Radiation Physics and Chemistry 68, (2002), pp. 419-25.
(176k)

M. D. Tinkle, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko
"Modes of spheroidal ion plasmas at the Brillouin limit"
Physics of Plasmas 3 (1996) pp. 749-58.
(204k)
R. G. Greaves, M. D. Tinkle, and C. M. Surko
"Modes in a pure ion plasma at the Brillouin limit"
Phys. Rev. Lett., 74 (1995), pp. 90-93.
(135k)
M. D. Tinkle, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko
"Low-order longitudinal modes of single-component plasmas"
Physics of Plasmas 2 (1995), pp. 2880-2894.
(1932k)
M. D. Tinkle, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko
"Modes of spheroidal plasmas at the Brillouin limit"
Nonneutral Plasma Physics II, edited by J. Fajans and D. H. E. Dubin, AIP Conf. Proc. No. 331 (AIP, New York, 1995), pp. 229-41.
M. D. Tinkle
Electrostatic oscillations of spheroidal single-component plasmas
PhD thesis, University of California, San Diego, 1994.
(7,143k)
M. D. Tinkle, R. G. Greaves, C. M. Surko, R. L. Spencer, and G. W. Mason
"Low-order modes as diagnostics of spheroidal non-neutral plasmas"
Phys. Rev. Lett., 72 (1994), pp. 352-5.
(405k)
R. G. Greaves, M. D. Tinkle, and C. M. Surko
"Creation and uses of positron plasmas"
Physics of Plasmas 1 (1994), pp. 1439-1446.
(1063k)
C. M. Surko and T. J. Murphy
"Use of the positron as a plasma particle"
Research Trends in Physics. Nonlinear and Relativistic Effects in Plasmas, edited by V. Stefan (AIP, New York, NY, 1992), pp. 465-81.
C. M. Surko and T. Murphy
"Use of the positron as a plasma particle"
Physics of Fluids B, 2 (1990), pp. 1372-5.
C. M. Surko, M. Leventhal, and A. Passner
"Positron plasma in the laboratory"
Phys. Rev. Lett., 62 (1989), pp. 901-4.
(304k)

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ELECTRON- POSITRON PLASMAS

R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko
"Practical Limits on Positron Accumulation and the Creation of Electron-Positron Plasmas"
Nonneutral Plasma Physics IVF. Anderegg, L.Scweikhard, C.F. Driscoll, eds., (AIP Conf. Proc. #606, AIP Press, Melville NY, 2002), pp. 10-23.
(588k)
S. J. Gilbert, D.H.E Dubin, R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko
"An electron-positron beam-plasma instability"
Phys. Plasma, 8 2001), pp. 4982-94.
(0K)

R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko
"An electron-positron beam-plasma experiment"
Phys. Rev. Lett., 75 (1995), pp. 3846-9.
(112k)

TOKAMAK DIAGNOSTICS

T. J. Murphy
"Positron deposition in plasmas by positronium beam ionization and transport of positrons in tokamak plasmas"
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 29 (1987), pp.549-63.
C. M. Surko, M. Leventhal, W. S. Crane, A. Passner, and F. Wysocki
"Use of positrons to study transport in tokamak plasmas"
Rev. of Scientific Inst. 57 (1986), pp. 1862-7.
C. M. Surko, M. Leventhal, W. S. Crane, A. Passner, F. J. Wysocki, T. J. Murphy, J. Strachan, and W. L. Rowan
"The use of positrons to study transport in tokamak plasmas"
Turbulence and Anomalous Transport in Magnetized Plasmas, edited by D. Gresillon and M. A. Dubois (Ecole Polytech, Palaiseau, France, 1986), p. 327-8.

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OTHER TOPICS

G. L. Glish, R. G. Greaves, S. A. McLuckey, L. D. Hulett, C. M. Surko, J. Xu, and D. L. Donohue
"Ion production by positron-molecule resonances"
Phys. Rev. A 49 (1994), pp. 2389-93.
(372k)
S. Tang and C. M. Surko
"Angular Dependence of Positronium Formation in Molecular Hydrogen"
Phys. Rev. A 47 (1993), pp. R743-R746.
(319k)
M. Leventhal, A. Passner and C. M. Surko
"Positron Molecule Bound States and Positive Ion Production"
in Annihilation in Gases and Galaxies, R. J. Drachman, Ed., NASA Conf. Pub. Number 3058 (1990), pp. 273-284.
A. Passner, C. M. Surko, M. Leventhal, and A. P. Mills, Jr.
"Ion production by positron-molecule resonances"
Phys. Rev. A 39 (1989), pp. 3706-9.
(311k)

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Last updated April 2008 by James Danielson

		Summary and Review
		Trapping, Cooling and Beam Extraction
		Atomic Physics
		Positron Scattering
		Annihilation
		Antihydrogen
		Other Topics
		Plasma Physics
		Non-neutral Plasmas
		Electron-positron Plasmas
		Tokamak Diagnostics
		Other Topics

		C. M. Surko "A whiff of antimatter soup" News and Views Nature 449 Sept. 2007, 153-154 (940k)
		C. M. Surko Positron atomic physics – A look to the future NIM B 247 (2006) 1-4 (84k)
		C. M. Surko "The buffer-gas positron accumulator and resonances in positron-molecule interactions" (Written in conjunction with the symposium honoring the retirement of D. Drachman and A. Temkin) NASA Conference Publication Service, A. Bhatia, ed. (NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, MD, 2006). (Please Note 11.4 Mb)
		C. M. Surko, G. F. Gribakin and S. J. Buckman "Low - energy positron interactions with atoms and molecules" Journal of Physics B 38 (2005) R57-R126 (Please Note 1.4 Mb)
		Popular article about positron annihilation with matter E.S. Reich, "When antimatter attacks," New Scientist April 24, 2004 p 34 (Please Note 11Mb)
		J.P. Marler, L.D.Barnes, S.J. Gilbert, J.P. Sullivan, J.A. Young and C.M. Surko "Experimental studies of the interaction of low energy positrons with atoms and molecules" NIM B 221 (2004), 84-92 (161k)
		C.M. Surko and R.G.Greaves "Emerging science and technology of antimatter plasmas and trap-based beams" Physics of Plasmas 11 (2004) 2333-2348 (530k)
		J.P. Sullivan, S.J. Gilbert, J.P. Marler, L.D.Barnes, S.J. Buckman and C.M. Surko "Low energy positron scattering and annihilation studies using a high-resolution trap-based beam" NIM B 192 (2002), 3-16. (410k)
		C. M. Surko "Atomic and Molecular Physics Using Positron Traps and Trap-Based Beams" New Directions in Antimatter Chemistry and Physics C. M. Surko and F. A. Gianturco, eds. (Kluwer Scientific Publishers, The Netherlands, 2001), pp. 345 - 366. (538k)
		C. M. Surko, R.G. Greaves, K. Iwata and S.J. Gilbert "Atomic and Molecular Physics Using Positron Accumluation Techniques --Summary and a Look to the Future" NIM B171(2000), pp. 2-16. (355k)
		R.G. Greaves and C.M. Surko "Technological Applications of Trapped Positrons" Non-neutral Plasmas III J. Bollinger, R. Spencer and R. Davidson Eds., AIP Conf. Proc. No. 498,(AIP, New York, 1999), pp. 19-28. (397k)
		C. M. Surko, S. J. Gilbert, and R. G. Greaves "Progress in Creating Low-Energy Positron Plasma and Beams" Proc. of Conf. on Nonneutral Plasmas J. Bollinger, R. Spencer and R. Davidson Eds., AIP Conf. Proc. No. 498,(AIP, New York, 1999), pp. 3 (304k)
		R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko "Antimatter plasmas and antihydrogen" Physics of Plasma 4 (1997), pp. 1528-43. (355k)
		C. M. Surko, K.Iwata, C.Kurz and S.J. Gilbert "Atomic and Molecular Physics using Positrons in a Penning Trap" Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions F.Ayumayr and H.P. Winters, eds. (World Scientifc, 1997), pp. 383-392. (785k)

		T. R. Weber, J. R. Danielson, and C. M. Surko "Creation of finely focused particle beams from single-component plasmas" Physics of Plasmas 15, 012106 (2008) (942k)
		J. R. Danielson, T. R. Weber and C. M. Surko "Extraction of Small-Diameter Beams from Single-Component Plasmas" Applied Physics Letters 90 (2007), 081503. (188k)
		J. R. Danielson, T. R. Weber, and C. M. Surko "Plasma manipulation techniques for positron storage in a multicell trap" Physics of Plasmas 13 (2006), 123502 (639k)
		J.A. Young and C.M. Surko "Charged particle motion in spatially varying electric and magnetic fields" Nuc. Inst. and Meth. B, 247 (2006), p.147-154 (246k)
		J.R. Danielson, P. Schmidt, J.P. Sullivan, et al "A Cryogenic, High-field Trap for Large Positron Plasmas and Cold Beams" Non-Neutral Plasma Physics V, M. Schauer, T. Mitchell, R. Nebel Eds., AIP Conf. Proc. No. 692 (AIP, New York, 2003), pp. 149-161. (328k)
		C. M. Surko and R. G. Greaves "A Multicell Trap to Confine Large Numbers of Positrons" Radiation Physics and Chemistry 68, (2003), pp. 419-25. (176k)
		R. G. Greaves, S. J. Gilbert, and C. M. Surko "Trap-based positron beams" Applied Surface Science 194, (2002), pp. 56-60. (143k)
		R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko "Practical Limits on Positron Accumulation and the Creation of Electron-Positron Plasmas" Nonneutral Plasma Physics IVF. Anderegg, L.Scweikhard, C.F. Driscoll, eds., (AIP Conf. Proc. #606, AIP Press, Melville NY, 2002), pp. 10-23. (588k)
		R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko "Positron Trapping and the Creation of High-Quality Trap-Based Positron Beams" Nuc. Inst. and Meth. B 192(2002), pp.90-96 (350k)
		R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko "Radial Compression and Inward Transport of Positron PLasmas Using a Rotating Electric Field" Phys. Plasmas 8(2001), pp.1879-85 (0k)
		R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko "Inward Transport and Compression of a Positron Plasma by a Rotating Electric Field" Phys. Rev. Lett 85(2000), pp.1883-6 (811k)
		C. Kurz, S. J. Gilbert, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko "New source of ultra-cold positron and electron beams" Nuc. Inst. and Meth. B 143 (1998), pp. 188-94. (193k)
		S. J. Gilbert, C. Kurz, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko "Creation of a monoenergetic pulsed positron beam" Appl. Phys. Lett. 70 (1997), pp. 1944-6. (71k)
		R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko "Solid neon moderator for positron trapping experiments" Canadian Journal of Physics 74 (1996), pp. 445-8.
		R. G. Greaves, M. D. Tinkle, and C. M. Surko "Experiments with trapped positron plasmas" Nonneutral Plasma Physics II, edited by J. Fajans and D. H. E. Dubin, AIP Conf. Proc. No. 331 (AIP, New York, 1995), pp. 70-86.
		C. M. Surko and R. G. Greaves "Physics with trapped positron gases and plasmas" Elementary processes in dense plasmas, edited by S. Ichimaru and S. Ogata (Addison-Wesley, New York, 1995), pp. 463-76.
		T. J. Murphy and C. M. Surko "Positron trapping in an electrostatic well by inelastic collisions with nitrogen molecules" Phys. Rev. A 46 (1992), pp. 5696-705. (860k)
		C. M. Surko, A. Passner, M. Leventhal and F. J. Wysocki "Physics in a Positron Trap" in Positron Annihilation, L. Dorikens-Vanpraet and D. Segers, Eds. (World Scientific, Singapore, 1989), pp. 161-170
		C. M. Surko, M. Leventhal, A. Passner and F. J. Wysocki "A Positron Plasma in the Laboratory" Proc. of the ONR Conf. on Single Component Plasmas, AIP Conf. Proc. 175 (1988)
		F. J. Wysocki, M. Leventhal, A. Passner and C. M. Surko "Accumulation and Storage of Low Energy Positrons" Hyperfine Interactions 44 (1988), pp. 185.
		C. M. Surko, M. Leventhal, W. S. Crane and A. J. Mills, Jr. "The Positron Trap - A New Tool for Plasma Physics" Positron Studies of Solids, Surfaces and Atoms, A Symposium to Celebrate Stephan Berko's 60th Birthday K. F. Canter, W. S. Crane and A. J. Mills, Jr., Eds. (World Scientific, Singapore, pp. 221., 1986)

		J. P. Marler and C. M. Surko "High resolution cross section measurements using a trap based positron (electron) beam" 23rd Summer School and International Symposium on the Physics of Ionized Gases, L. Hadzievski, B. Marinkovic, N. Simonovic, Eds., AIP Conf. Proc. No. 876 (AIP, New York, 2006), pp. 125-131. (254k)
		J. P. Marler, C. M. Surko, R. P. McEachran, and A. D. Stauffer "Differential cross sections for positron-xenon elastic scattering" Phys. Rev. A 73 (2006) 064702. (64k)
		J. P. Marler, G. F. Gribakin and C. M. Surko "Comparison of positron -impact vibrational excitation cross sections with the Born-dipole model" NIM B 247 (2006) 87-91. (371k)
		J. P. Marler and C.M. Surko "Positron-impact ionization, positronium formation, and electronic excitation cross sections for diatomic molecules" Phys. Rev. A 72 (2005), 062713. (218k)
		J. P. Marler and C.M. Surko "Systematic comparison of positron- and electron-impact excitation of the nu(3) vibrational mode of CF4" Phys. Rev. A 72 (2005), 062702. (82k)
		J. P. Marler New Results for Positron Scattering from Noble Gas Atoms and Diatomic Molecules, Ph.D. thesis, University of California, San Diego, 2005 (unpublished). (1,382k)
		J. P. Marler, J.P. Sullivan and C.M. Surko "Ionization and Positronium Formation in Noble Gases" Phys. Rev. A 71 (2005), 022701. (143k)
		J.P. Sullivan, S.J. Gilbert, J.P. Marler, R.G. Greaves, S.J. Buckman and C.M. Surko "Positron scattering from atoms and molecules using a magnetized beam" Phys. Rev. A 66 (2002), 042708. (157k)
		J.P. Sullivan, J.P. Marler, S.J. Gilbert, S.J. Buckman and C.M. Surko "Excitation of Electronic States of Ar, H₂ and N₂ by Positron Impact" Phys. Rev. Lett. 87 (2001). (126k)
		J.P. Sullivan, S.J. Gilbert, S.J. Buckman and C.M. Surko "Searches for Resonances in the Scattering of Low-Energy Positrons from Atoms and Molecules" J. Phys. B 34 (2001), L467-L474. (355k)
		J.P. Sullivan, S. J. Gilbert and C. M. Surko "Excitation of Molecular Vibrations by Positron Impact" Phys. Rev. Lett. 86 (2001), pp. 1494-7. (92k)
		S. J. Gilbert A New Ultra-Cold Positron Beam and Applications to Low-Energy Positron Scattering and Electron-Positron Plasmas, Ph.D. thesis, University of California, San Diego, 2000 (unpublished). (1,507k)
		S. J. Gilbert, J. Sullivan, R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko "Low Energy Positron Scattering from Atoms and Molecules using Positron Accumulation Techniques" J. Nucl. Instr. Meth. B 171 (2000), pp. 81-95. (271k)
		S. J. Gilbert, R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko "Positron Scattering from Atoms and Molecules at Low Energies" Phys. Rev. Lett. 82 (1999), pp. 5032-5035. (267k)

		J.A. Young and C.M. Surko "Vibrational Feshbach resonance mediated positron annihilation in small molecules" Phys. Rev. A 78, 032702 (2008) (1,069k)
		J.A. Young, G.F. Gribakin, C.M.R. Lee, and C.M. Surko "Role of combination vibrations in resonant positron annihilation" Phys. Rev. A 77, 060702(R) (2008) (317k)
		J.A. Young and C.M. Surko "Feshbach-resonance-mediated annihilation in positron interactions with large molecules" Phys. Rev. A 77, 052704 (2008) (273k)
		J.A. Young and C.M. Surko "Dependence of Resonant Positron-molecule Annihilation on Molecular Temperature" Nuc. Inst. and Meth. B 266, 478 (2008) (273k)
		J. A. Young Energy resolved annihilation studies: Vibrational Feshbach resonance and positron-molecule bound states, Ph.D. thesis, University of California, San Diego, 2007 (unpublished). (3,123k)
		J. A. Young and C. M. Surko "Role of binding energy in Feshbach-resonant positron-molecule annihilation" Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 (2007), 133201 (256k)
		L. D. Barnes, J. A. Young and C. M. Surko "Energy-resolved positron annihilation rates for molecules" Phys. Rev A 74 (2006), 012706 (161k)
		L. D. Barnes Positron annihilation on atoms and molecules, Ph.D. thesis, University of California, San Diego, 2005 (unpublished). (1,559k)
		L. D. Barnes, J. P. Marler, J. P. Sullivan and C. M. Surko "Positron Scattering and Annihilation Studies Using a Trap-Based Beam" Physica Scripta T110 (2004),280-285 (151k)
		J. P. Sullivan, L. D. Barnes, J. P. Marler, S. J. Gilbert and C. M. Surko "Scattering and Annihilation Experiments Using a Trap-Based Beam" Materials Science Forum 445 (2004),435
		L. D. Barnes, S. J. Gilbert and C. M. Surko "Energy-resolved positron annihilation for molecules" Phys. Rev A 67 (2003),032706 (151k)
		S.J.Gilbert, L.D.Barnes, J.P. Sullivan and C. M. Surko "Vibrational-Resonance Enhancement of Positron Annihilation in Molecules" Phys. Rev. Lett., 88 (2002), (183k)
		K. Iwata, G. F. Gribakin, R. G. Greaves, C. Kurz and C. M. Surko "Positron Annihilation on Large Molecules" Phys. Rev. A, 61 (2000), 022719 (212k)
		K. Iwata Positron annihilation on atoms and molecules, Ph.D. thesis, University of California, San Diego, 1997 (unpubished). (1,791k)
		K. Iwata, R. G. Greaves, C. Kurz, S. J. Gilbert, and C. M. Surko "Studies of positron-matter interactions using stored positrons in an electrostatic trap" (Positron Annihilation, ICPA-11. 11th International Conference, Kansas City, MO, USA, May 1997). Materials Science Forum, 255-257, pp. 223-7.
		K. Iwata, G. F. Gribakin, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko "Positron annihilation with inner-shell electrons in noble gas atoms" Phys. Rev. Lett. 79 (1997), pp. 39-42. (118k)
		K. Iwata, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko "Gamma-ray spectra from positron annihilation on atoms and molecules" Phys. Rev. A 55 (1997), pp. 3586-3604. (404k)
		C. Kurz, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko "Temperature dependence of positron annihilation rates in noble gases" Phys. Rev. Lett. 77 (1997), pp. 2929-32. (112k)
		K. Iwata, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko "Positron annihilation in a simulated interstellar medium" Canadian Journal of Physics 74 (1996), pp. 407-10. (710k)
		P. Van Reeth, J. W. Humberston, K. Iwata, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko "Annihilation in low-energy positron-helium scattering" J. of Phys. B 29 (1996), pp. L465-71. (123k)
		K. Iwata, R. G. Greaves, T. J. Murphy, M. D. Tinkle, and C. M. Surko "Measurements of positron-annihilation rates on molecules" Phys. Rev. A 51 (1995), pp. 473-87. (1176k)
		K. Iwata, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko "Annihilation rates of positrons on aromatic molecules" Hyperfine Interactions 89 (1994), pp. 271-8.
		C. M. Surko, R. G. Greaves, and M. Leventhal "Use of traps to study positron annihilation in astrophysically relevant media" Hyperfine Interactions 81 (1993), pp. 239-52.
		T. J. Murphy and C. M. Surko "Annihilation of Positrons on Large Molecules" in Electronic and Atomic Collisions (Adam Hilger Publishing, Bristol, England, 1992), pp. 623-630.
		S. Tang, M. D. Tinkle, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko "Annihilation gamma-ray spectra from positron-molecule interactions" Phys. Rev. Lett. 68 (1992), pp. 3793-6. (319k)
		T. J. Murphy and C. M. Surko "Annihilation of positrons in xenon gas" J. of Phys. B, 23 (1990), pp. 727-32.
		T. J. Murphy and C. M. Surko "Annihilation of positrons on organic molecules" Phys. Rev. Lett. 67 (1991), pp. 2954-7. (308k)
		C. M. Surko, A. Passner, M. Leventhal, and F. J. Wysocki "Bound states of positrons and large molecules" Phys. Rev. Lett., 61 (1988), pp. 1831-4. (301k)

		R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko "Antimatter plasmas and antihydrogen" Physics of Plasma 4 (1997), pp. 1528-43. (355k)
		C. M. Surko, R. G. Greaves and M. Charlton "Stored positrons for antihydrogen production" Hyperfine Interactions 109 (1997), pp. 181-8.

		T. R. Weber, J. R. Danielson, and C. M. Surko "Creation of finely focused particle beams from single-component plasmas" Physics of Plasmas 15, 012106 (2008) (942k)
		J. R. Danielson, C. M. Surko and T. M. O'Neil "High-density Fixed point for Radially Compressed Single-component Plasmas" Physical Review Letters 99 (2007) 135005. (433k)
		J. R. Danielson, T. R. Weber and C. M. Surko "Extraction of Small-Diameter Beams from Single-Component Plasmas" Applied Physics Letters 90 (2007), 081503. (188k)
		J. R. Danielson and C. M. Surko "Plasma Compression using Rotating Electric Fields - the Strong Drive Regime" Non-Neutral Plasma Physics VI, M. Drewson, U. Uggerhoj, H. Knudsen Eds., AIP Conf. Proc. No. 862 (AIP, New York, 2006), pp. 19-28. (1029k)
		J. R. Danielson and C. M. Surko "Plasma manipulation techniques for positron storage in a multicell trap" Physics of Plasmas 13 (2006), 123502 (639k)
		J. R. Danielson and C. M. Surko "Radial compression and torque-balanced steady states of single-component plasmas in Penning-Malmberg traps" Physics of Plasmas 13 (2006), 055706 (625k)
		J. R. Danielson and C. M. Surko "Torque-Balanced High-Density Steady States of Single-Component Plasmas" Physical Review Letters 94 (2005), 0305001. (415k)
		J.R. Danielson, P. Schmidt, J.P. Sullivan, et al "A Cryogenic, High-field Trap for Large Positron Plasmas and Cold Beams" Non-Neutral Plasma Physics V, M. Schauer, T. Mitchell, R. Nebel Eds., AIP Conf. Proc. No. 692 (AIP, New York, 2003), pp. 149-161. (328k)
		C. M. Surko and R. G. Greaves "A Multicell Trap to Confine Large Numbers of Positrons" Radiation Physics and Chemistry 68, (2002), pp. 419-25. (176k)
		M. D. Tinkle, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko "Modes of spheroidal ion plasmas at the Brillouin limit" Physics of Plasmas 3 (1996) pp. 749-58. (204k)
		R. G. Greaves, M. D. Tinkle, and C. M. Surko "Modes in a pure ion plasma at the Brillouin limit" Phys. Rev. Lett., 74 (1995), pp. 90-93. (135k)
		M. D. Tinkle, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko "Low-order longitudinal modes of single-component plasmas" Physics of Plasmas 2 (1995), pp. 2880-2894. (1932k)
		M. D. Tinkle, R. G. Greaves, and C. M. Surko "Modes of spheroidal plasmas at the Brillouin limit" Nonneutral Plasma Physics II, edited by J. Fajans and D. H. E. Dubin, AIP Conf. Proc. No. 331 (AIP, New York, 1995), pp. 229-41.
		M. D. Tinkle Electrostatic oscillations of spheroidal single-component plasmas PhD thesis, University of California, San Diego, 1994. (7,143k)
		M. D. Tinkle, R. G. Greaves, C. M. Surko, R. L. Spencer, and G. W. Mason "Low-order modes as diagnostics of spheroidal non-neutral plasmas" Phys. Rev. Lett., 72 (1994), pp. 352-5. (405k)
		R. G. Greaves, M. D. Tinkle, and C. M. Surko "Creation and uses of positron plasmas" Physics of Plasmas 1 (1994), pp. 1439-1446. (1063k)
		C. M. Surko and T. J. Murphy "Use of the positron as a plasma particle" Research Trends in Physics. Nonlinear and Relativistic Effects in Plasmas, edited by V. Stefan (AIP, New York, NY, 1992), pp. 465-81.
		C. M. Surko and T. Murphy "Use of the positron as a plasma particle" Physics of Fluids B, 2 (1990), pp. 1372-5.
		C. M. Surko, M. Leventhal, and A. Passner "Positron plasma in the laboratory" Phys. Rev. Lett., 62 (1989), pp. 901-4. (304k)

		R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko "Practical Limits on Positron Accumulation and the Creation of Electron-Positron Plasmas" Nonneutral Plasma Physics IVF. Anderegg, L.Scweikhard, C.F. Driscoll, eds., (AIP Conf. Proc. #606, AIP Press, Melville NY, 2002), pp. 10-23. (588k)
		S. J. Gilbert, D.H.E Dubin, R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko "An electron-positron beam-plasma instability" Phys. Plasma, 8 2001), pp. 4982-94. (0K)
		R. G. Greaves and C. M. Surko "An electron-positron beam-plasma experiment" Phys. Rev. Lett., 75 (1995), pp. 3846-9. (112k)

		T. J. Murphy "Positron deposition in plasmas by positronium beam ionization and transport of positrons in tokamak plasmas" Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 29 (1987), pp.549-63.
		C. M. Surko, M. Leventhal, W. S. Crane, A. Passner, and F. Wysocki "Use of positrons to study transport in tokamak plasmas" Rev. of Scientific Inst. 57 (1986), pp. 1862-7.
		C. M. Surko, M. Leventhal, W. S. Crane, A. Passner, F. J. Wysocki, T. J. Murphy, J. Strachan, and W. L. Rowan "The use of positrons to study transport in tokamak plasmas" Turbulence and Anomalous Transport in Magnetized Plasmas, edited by D. Gresillon and M. A. Dubois (Ecole Polytech, Palaiseau, France, 1986), p. 327-8.

		G. L. Glish, R. G. Greaves, S. A. McLuckey, L. D. Hulett, C. M. Surko, J. Xu, and D. L. Donohue "Ion production by positron-molecule resonances" Phys. Rev. A 49 (1994), pp. 2389-93. (372k)
		S. Tang and C. M. Surko "Angular Dependence of Positronium Formation in Molecular Hydrogen" Phys. Rev. A 47 (1993), pp. R743-R746. (319k)
		M. Leventhal, A. Passner and C. M. Surko "Positron Molecule Bound States and Positive Ion Production" in Annihilation in Gases and Galaxies, R. J. Drachman, Ed., NASA Conf. Pub. Number 3058 (1990), pp. 273-284.
		A. Passner, C. M. Surko, M. Leventhal, and A. P. Mills, Jr. "Ion production by positron-molecule resonances" Phys. Rev. A 39 (1989), pp. 3706-9. (311k)