Development of gamma ray induced positron annihilation spectroscopy

Taira, Yoshitaka*; Sugita, Kento*; Okano, Yasuaki*; Hirade, Tetsuya  

We applied the ultra-short pulsed gamma rays to positron annihilation spectroscopy (PAS). PAS using high energy gamma-rays, called gamma induced PAS (GiPAS), has several advantages compared with PAS using radioisotopes. (i) It enables defect analysis of thick material in a few centimetres because positrons are created throughout a bulk material via pair production by irradiation with gamma-rays having high penetration into the material. (ii) There is no contribution of positrons annihilated in the covering material of the shield sources, making the data analysis easy and accurate.