Docking positrophilic electrons into molecular attractive potential of fluorinated methanes

TL;DR

This study investigates how positrophilic electrons in fluorinated methanes dock into attractive potential regions during annihilation, with theoretical predictions aligning well with experimental gamma-ray spectra.

Contribution

It introduces a model for positron-electron annihilation in fluorinated methanes, showing docking behavior independent of molecular dipole moments.

Findings

Predicted gamma-ray spectra match experimental data.

Positrophilic electrons dock at negative bond dipole ends regardless of molecular dipole.

The model applies to both polar and non-polar fluorinated methanes.

Abstract

The present study shows that the positrophilic electrons of a molecule dock into the positron attractive potential region in the annihilation process under the plane-wave approximation. The positron-electron annihilation processes of both polar and non-polar fluorinated methanes (CH4-nFn, n=0, 1,..., 4) are studied under this role. The predicted gamma-ray spectra of these fluorinated methanes agree well with the experiments. It further indicates that the positrophilic electrons of a molecule docking at the negative end of a bond dipole are independent from the molecular dipole moment in the annihilation process.