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Figure 2


A schematic of the cavity used in the new precision orthopositronium decay rate measurement. Positrons are focused through two apertures of a aluminum cavity onto a porous silica film. The emitted thermal positronium decays in vacuum (photo and text credit: R S Vallery et al. 2003 Phys. Rev. Lett. 90 203402)

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