Rate for positronium decay to five photons
- 1 August 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 28 (2) , 1164-1165
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.28.1164
Abstract
In this report we calculate , the rate for orthopositronium to decay to five photons. We find that , where is the lowest-order orthopositronium decay rate. The relevance of our result to the experimental situation is discussed.
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