Abstract
The close-coupling equations for the positron-hydrogen system restricted to s-wave scattering from the l=0 levels of hydrogen and positronium are written as a set of coupled momentum space Lippmann-Schwinger equations. The matrix element for positronium formation is evaluated by integrating over the multipole projected components of the momentum space wave functions. Cross sections generated in the coupled static approximation provide a verification of the method. With a larger basis, including the 1s and 2s levels of hydrogen and the 1s and 2s levels of positronium, the broad s-wave resonance at 2.6 Ryd shifts position to 3.17 Ryd. An additional resonance is observed in the cross section at an energy of 1.10 Ryd.

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