low-energy positron diffraction


low-energy positron diffraction

[′lō ‚en·ər·jē ′päz·ə‚trän di‚frak·shən] (solid-state physics) A technique for studying the atomic structure of solid surfaces in which a narrow beam of low-energy monoenergetic positrons is made to strike a solid surface, and the diffracted beams in certain directions that are permitted by the regular array of surface atoms are observed. Abbreviated LEPD.