Stability of light positronic atoms: Quantum Monte Carlo studies

被引:26
作者
Harju, A
Barbiellini, B
Nieminen, RM
机构
[1] Laboratory of Physics, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1996年 / 54卷 / 06期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.54.4849
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We present accurate ground-state energies for the positronium atom in a Coulomb field of point charge Z (X(Z)Ps), for the positronium hydrogen (HPs) and positronium lithium (LiPs) atoms. Calculations are done using the diffusion quantum Monte Carlo (DQMC) method. For X(Z)Ps, the critical value of Z for binding is examined. While HPs is stable, the results show that LiPs is unstable against dissociation to a lithium atom and a positronium.
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页码:4849 / 4853
页数:5
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