Discovered Solar Positronium

Nagendra Nath Mondal^1,2

¹Department of Physics, Batanagar Institute of Engineering, Management and Science (Techno India Group), Kolkata, India.
²Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Engineering, Science & Technology (IIEST), Shibpur,Howrah, India.

DOI: 10.4236/ijaa.2014.44057                

Abstract

I describe a method for the observation of Positronium (Ps) involvement in the solar radiation spectrum. In this method, Rydberg-Ritz’s principle and Planck’s radiation formula are used to acquire information of the atomic transitions of Ps alike Hydrogen and Helium. In order to perform this experiment, an advanced solar spectrum monitor is constructed by utilizing light emitting diodes (LED) of various colors. A detailed study on this method provides qualitative agreement with experimental data, giving insight to the physical process involved in the solar radiation spectrum and confirming the existence of solar Ps.

Keywords

LED, Light, Positronium, Simulation, Spectrometer

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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