Signature of the existence of the positronium molecule

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作者
Usukura, J [1 ]
Varga, K
Suzuki, Y
机构
[1] Niigata Univ, Grad Sch Sci & Technol, Niigata 9502181, Japan
[2] Hungarian Acad Sci, Inst Nucl Res, ATOMKI, H-4001 Debrecen, Hungary
[3] RIKEN, Inst Phys & Chem Res, Wako, Saitama 3510198, Japan
[4] Niigata Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, Niigata 9502181, Japan
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1998年 / 58卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.58.1918
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The positronium molecule (Ps(2)) has not been experimentally observed yet because its tiny (4.5 eV) binding energy cannot be detected when the molecule annihilates by emitting two photons with energy of 0.51 MeV each. It is shown in this paper that the electric dipole transition between the recently found L = 1 excited state and the L = 0 ground state with its characteristic photon energy of 4.94 eV is a clear signature of the existence of the positronium molecule and the possibility of its experimental observation is realistic. The probability of this transition is about 17% of the total decay rate. Another Coulomb four-body system containing positron HPs (the positronium hydride or hydrogen positride), is also included for comparison.
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页码:1918 / 1931
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