Maximal angular correlation in $\gamma -\gamma$ coincidences: a quantitative study

Abstract

The measurement of the angular distribution of maximally correlated annihilation gamma rays radiated in coincidence, like those emitted from a ${}^{22}\mathrm{Na}$ source, is a classic experiment that is nowadays ordinarily performed in Nuclear Physics laboratory classes. For the first time we present an analytic expression for such angular distribution, which can be easily tested and confronted with the laboratory measurements.

Comments: 12 pages, 3 figures