Coincident Doppler broadening spectroscopy with a scanning positron microbeam

We developed a new scanning positron microbeam for spatially resolved (coincident) Doppler broadening spectroscopy ((C)DBS) at the neutron induced positron source Munich (NEPOMUC). For this purpose, positrons are moderated three times: First, positrons generated by pair production are self-moderated...

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Main Authors: Hugenschmidt, Christoph, Gigl, Thomas, Vohburger, Sebastian
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Age hardening
Aluminum base alloys
Copper
Foils
Hardenability
High strength alloys
Laser beam welding
Microbeams
Pair production
Positron beams
Positrons
Precipitates
Scanning
Single crystals
Spatial resolution
Spectroscopy
Spectrum analysis
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Summary:We developed a new scanning positron microbeam for spatially resolved (coincident) Doppler broadening spectroscopy ((C)DBS) at the neutron induced positron source Munich (NEPOMUC). For this purpose, positrons are moderated three times: First, positrons generated by pair production are self-moderated in annealed polycrystalline Pt foils inside the beam tube housing the positron source NEPOMUC. Then, the brightness of the primary 1 keV positron beam with 109 moderated positrons per second is enhanced by a W(100) single crystal remoderator operated in back reflection geometry. Finally, in the upgraded CDB spectrometer we apply a 100 nm thin Ni(100) foil acting as transmission remoderator to generate a positron microbeam with a minimum beam diameter of 33 µm. We demonstrate the potential of laterally resolved DBS by imaging the defect distribution around a laser beam weld of the high-strength age-hardenable Al alloy AlCu6Mn. CDBS was applied with unprecedented spatial resolution to reveal the dissolution of Cu rich precipitates and the formation of Al-vacancy-Cu-complexes.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.5135833