Documentation


 

Publications by members of this group

  1.   P. Crivelli, "New search for invisible decay of the Orthopositronium" PhD Thesis, Zurich, Switzerland, 19 May 2006. Thesis crivelli

  2.   A. Badertscher, P. Crivelli, W. Fetscher (Zurich, ETH), S.N. Gninenko (Moscow, INR), J.P. Peigneux (Annecy, LAPP), A. Rubbia (Zurich, ETH), D. Sillou (Annecy, LAPP),"An apparatus to search for invisible decay of the Orthopositronium" Talk given at Workshop on Positronium Physics, Zurich, Switzerland, 30-31 May 2003. hep-ex/0404037

  3.  A. Badertscher et al., "An apparatus to search for mirror dark matter via the invisible decay of orthopositronium in vacuum", hep-ex/0311031

  4.  S.N. Gninenko, N.V. Krasnikov, A. Rubbia, "Extra Dimensions And Invisible Decay Of Orthopositronium", Phys.Rev.D67:075012,2003

  5.  S.N. Gninenko, N.V. Krasnikov , A. Rubbia , "Positronium Physics beyond the Standard Model", Mod. Phys. Lett. A Vol. 17, No. 26 (2002) 1713

  6. A. Badertscher et al., "A Search For An Exotic Three-Body Decay Of Orthopositronium", Phys.Lett.B542:29-34,2002

  7. R. Foot & Sergei N. Gninenko,"Can the mirror world explain the ortho-positronium lifetime puzzle?", Phys.Lett.B480:171-175,2000. [hep-ph/0003278] 

  8. S.N. Gninenko, Phys.Lett.B326:317-319,1994. 
    Limit on 'disappearance' of orthopositronium in vacuum. 

  9.  M.I. Dobroliubov, S.N. Gninenko, A.Yu. Ignatiev, V.A. Matveev., Int.J.Mod.Phys.A8:2859-2874,1993. 
    Orthopositronium Lifetime Problem. 

  10. M.V. Akopyan, G.S. Atoian, S.N. Gninenko, V.V. Sukhov., Phys.Lett.B272:443-448,1991. 
    Search for a light shortlived neutral boson in orthopositronium decay. 

  11. S.N. Gninenko, Yu.M. Klubakov, A.A. Poblaguev, V.E. Postoev. Phys.Lett.B237:287-290,1990
     A SEARCH FOR A KEV PSEUDOSCALAR IN THE TWO BODY DECAY OF
    ORTHOPOSITRONIUM.

  12.  G.S. Atoian, S.N. Gninenko, V.I. Razin, Yu.V. Ryabov. Phys.Lett.B220:317-320,1989
    A SEARCH FOR PHOTONLESS ANNIHILATION OF ORTHOPOSITRONIUM. 
     

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Publications by other groups

Experimental papers

 

  1.  O. Jinnouchi, S. Asai, T. Kobayashi., [hep-ex/0011011] (Nov 2000)
    Measurement of orthopositronium decay rate using SiO(2) powder: Integration of thermalization into time spectrum fitting procedure.
  2. T. Mitsui, et al.,, Europhys.Lett.33:111,1996.
    Limit on an exotic three body decay of orthopositronium. 
  3. S. Asai, S. Orito, N. Shinohara., Phys.Lett.B357:475-480,1995
    New measurement of orthopositronium decay rate. 
  4. T. Maeno, et al., Phys.Lett.B351:574-578,1995. [hep-ex/9503004] 
    A Search for massive neutral bosons in orthopositronium decay. 
  5. S. Asai, K. Shigekuni, T. Sanuki, S. Orito. Phys.Lett.B323:90-94,1994. 
    Search for shortlived neutral bosons in orthopositronium decay. 
  6. S. Asai, S. Orito, K. Yoshimura, T. Haga., Phys.Rev.Lett.66:2440-2443,1991
    Search for longlived neutral bosons in orthopositronium decay. 
  7. .S. Nico, D. W. Gidley, A. Rich ,P.W. Zitzewitz, Phys. Rev. Lett. 65, 1344-1347 (1990),
    Precision measurement of the orthopositronium decay rate using the vacuum technique 
  8. U. Amaldi, G. Carboni, B. Jonson, J. Thun.  Phys.Lett.B153:444,1985. 
    NEW LIMITS ON THE SINGLE gamma DECAY OF ORTHOPOSITRONIUM. 
  9. G. Carboni & W. Dahme.  Phys.Lett.B123:349,1983. 
    LIMIT ON EXOTIC TWO BODY DECAYS OF ORTHOPOSITRONIUM.
     

Theoretical papers

  1. J. Pestieau & C. Smith., Phys.Lett.B524:395-399,2002. [hep-ph/0111264] 
    Soft photon spectrum in orthopositronium and vector quarkonium decays.
  2. G.S. Adkins, R.N. Fell, J.R. Sapirstein., Phys.Rev.Lett.84:5086-5089,2000. [hep-ph/0003028]
    Order alpha**2 corrections to the decay rate of orthopositronium. 
  3. R. Escribano, E. Masso, R. Toldra. Phys.Lett.B356:313-318,1995. [hep-ph/9505443] 
    The Orthopositronium decay puzzle and primordial nucleosynthesis. 
  4. Ya.M. Kramarovsky, V.P. Chechev, B.M. Levin.  Sov.J.Nucl.Phys.55:243-244,1992,Yad.Fiz.55: 441-443,1992.
    Orthopositronium, mirror universe, and primordial nucleosynthesis. 
  5. ORTHOPOSITRONIUM DECAY INTO AXIONS. 
    Karnig O. Mikaelian., Phys.Lett.B77:214,1978,Erratum-ibid.B105:489, 1981. 
  6. William E. Caswell, G.Peter Lepage, J.R. Sapirstein. Phys.Rev.Lett.38:488,1977.
    Order (alpha) CORRECTIONS TO THE DECAY RATE OF ORTHOPOSITRONIUM. 
     

Reviews

  1. Andrzej Czarnecki & Savely G. Karshenboim. 
    In *Moscow 1999, High energy physics and quantum field theory* 538-54. [hep-ph/9911410] 
    Decays of positronium. 
  2. R. S. Conti et al.,  Unpublished, only available from  http://positrons.physics.lsa.umich.edu/atomic/home.html
    Experimental Tests of QED in Positronium: Recent Advances
     
Books

  1. M. Charlton and J.W. Humberston., 
    POSITRON PHYSICS., 
    Cambridge Univ. Press, 2001. 454p. 
  2. P. Coleman, 
    POSITRON BEAMS AND THEIR APPLICATIONS. 
    World Scientific, 2000. 322p.

Historical papers 

  1. C. Anderson,  Nobel Lecture  December 12, 1936 
    The production and properties of positrons
  2. P.A.M. Dirac, Nobel Lecture ,  December 12, 1933
    Theory of electrons and positrons 
     

Last update:  P.Crivelli - Sept.-20-2004