Formation of Positronium in an Electron Gas

1 December 1959

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B

Vol. 116 (5) , 1140
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.116.1140

Abstract

It is shown to be unlikely that a positronium atom, described by a hydrogenic wave function, can exist in an electron gas of a density corresponding to that found in metals.

Keywords

WAVE FUNCTION
ELECTRON GAS
POSITRONIUM ATOM
DENSITY CORRESPONDING
HYDROGENIC WAVE

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