Experimental Investigation for the Decay Rate of Orthopositronium

ZHANG Tian-Bao; YANG Guang-Ming; GUO Bao-Nian; WANG Hai-Dong

Chinese Physics C> 1992, Vol. 16> Issue(7) : 577-581

Experimental Investigation for the Decay Rate of Orthopositronium

Institute of High Energy Physics,Academia,Beijing 100080

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A method for the measurement of the vacuum decay rate λ₀ of orthopositronium is suggested and the preliminary result is obtained λ₀=7.034±0.013μs^－1.The possibility for the improvement of the experiment has been discussed.

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ZHANG Tian-Bao, YANG Guang-Ming, GUO Bao-Nian and WANG Hai-Dong. Experimental Investigation for the Decay Rate of Orthopositronium[J]. Chinese Physics C, 1992, 16(7): 577-581.

ZHANG Tian-Bao, YANG Guang-Ming, GUO Bao-Nian and WANG Hai-Dong. Experimental Investigation for the Decay Rate of Orthopositronium[J]. Chinese Physics C, 1992, 16(7): 577-581. shu

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Experimental Investigation for the Decay Rate of Orthopositronium

Corresponding author: ZHANG Tian-Bao,

Institute of High Energy Physics,Academia,Beijing 100080

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Abstract: A method for the measurement of the vacuum decay rate λ₀ of orthopositronium is suggested and the preliminary result is obtained λ₀=7.034±0.013μs^－1.The possibility for the improvement of the experiment has been discussed.