Evidence for the Negative Work Function Associated with Positrons in Gold
- 15 February 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 5 (4), 1433-1436
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.5.1433
Abstract
Positrons which have been thermalized in various moderators and coated with ∼ 200-Å gold leave the gold surface with an energy which peaks between 0.75 and 2.90 eV. This energy is thought to be associated with a positron or "negative" work function of gold.Keywords
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