Date of Award
6-2021
Document Type
Union College Only
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Physics and Astronomy
First Advisor
Heather Watson
Keywords
Electron, Positron, Annihilation, EPALS, Spectroscopy, Radiation, Defect, Vacancy, Crystal
Abstract
This experiment crafted an electron-positron annihilation spectrometer in order to conduct electron-positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (EPALS) in the Union College Ion Beam Analysis Laboratory. EPALS, as a method of spectroscopy, is tool used for material analysis. We constructed an apparatus to employ this as a method of crystalline defect analysis. Using EPALS, we obtained spectra for samples of pure iron and MgO crystals. We analyzed these spectra to make measurements of various positron lifetimes and thus various defect types within our samples. In this thesis, the preliminary results will be discussed.
Recommended Citation
Feinstein, Jacob, "Electron Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy/An Introduction for Union College" (2021). Honors Theses. 2434.
https://digitalworks.union.edu/theses/2434