1. COMMISSIONING OF THE J-PET DETECTOR FOR STUDIES OF DECAYS OF POSITRONIUM ATOMS.
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CZERWIŃSKI, E., DULSKI, K., BIAŁAS, P., CURCEANU, C., GAJOS, A., GŁOWACZ, B., GORGOL, M., HIESMAYR, B. C., JASIŃSKA, B., KISIELEWSKA, D., KORCYL, G., KOWALSKI, P., KOZIK, T., KRAWCZYK, N., KRZEMIEŃ, W., KUBICZ, E., MOHAMMED, M., NIEDŹWIECKI, SZ., PAŁKA, M., and PAWLIK-NIEDŹWIECKA, M.
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POLARIZATION (Nuclear physics) ,POSITRON emission tomography ,POSITRONIUM ,ANGULARJS (Software framework) ,ANGULAR measurements - Abstract
The Jagiellonian Positron Emission Tomograph (J-PET) is a detector for medical imaging of the whole human body as well as for physics studies involving detection of electron-positron annihilation into photons. J-PET has high angular and time resolution, and allows for measurement of spin of the positronium and the momenta and polarization vectors of annihilation quanta. In this article, we present the potential of the J-PET system for the background rejection in the decays of positronium atoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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