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Nonpolar optical scattering of positronium in magnesium fluoride

I. V. Bondarev, Y. Nagai, M. Kakimoto, T. Hyodo

cond-mat.mtrl-sciarXiv:cond-mat/0411577

Abstract

We report the results of the analysis of the temperature broadening of the momentum distribution of delocalized Positronium (Ps) in Magnesium Fluoride in terms of optical deformation-potential scattering model (long-wavelength optical phonons). The Ps optical deformation-potential coupling constant Do in MgF2 has been determined to be (1.80.3)×109 eV/cm. We also show that the Ps momentum distribution is sensitive to second-order phase transitions in those crystals where optical deformation-potential scattering is allowed in one and forbidden in another crystalline phase.

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