Abstract
A many-body-theory approach has been developed to study positronium-atom interactions. As first applications, we calculate the elastic scattering and momentum-transfer cross sections and the pickoff annihilation rate
1Zeff for Ps collisions with He and Ne. For He the cross section is in agreement with previous coupled-state calculations, while comparison with experiment for both atoms highlights discrepancies between various sets of measured data. In contrast, the calculated 1Zeff (0.13 and 0.26 for He and Ne, respectively) are in excellent agreement with the measured values.
1Zeff for Ps collisions with He and Ne. For He the cross section is in agreement with previous coupled-state calculations, while comparison with experiment for both atoms highlights discrepancies between various sets of measured data. In contrast, the calculated 1Zeff (0.13 and 0.26 for He and Ne, respectively) are in excellent agreement with the measured values.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 183402 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 120 |
| Issue number | 18 |
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| Publication status | Published - 04 May 2018 |
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Many-body theory for positronium-atom interactions
Green, D. (Creator), Swann, A. (Owner) & Gribakin, G. (Owner), Queen's University Belfast, 19 Apr 2018
DOI: 10.17034/607b76fb-333e-4a5e-9c21-6b8011dcdf6d
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