In reply to  [email protected]'s message of Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:22:33 +1100:
Hi,
[snip]
Oops!
>These positrons should produce annihilation gammas when interacting with
>electrons from the metal. 58% of the 511 keV gammas would get through the 2 cm
>lead shielding, and be very readily detected.

That should be 12.6 %!

Regards,

Robin van Spaandonk

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