FORMATION OF Ps AND Mu AND RADIATION CHEMISTRY OF LIQUIDS. TEMPERATURE EFFECTS

V. M. Byakov, S. V. Stepanov

Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Moscow, 117259, Russia


We discuss the nature of the temperature growth of radiolytic hydrogen yield and positronium formation probability in liquid hydrocarbons and water. It is proposed that the cause of this effects is the decrease of the ionization potential in liquid phase.