Perturbative analysis of simultaneous Stark and Zeeman effects onn=1⇆n=2radiative transitions in positronium

1 November 1989

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

Vol. 40 (10) , 5526-5532
https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.40.5526

Abstract

Perturbative corrections to the wave functions of the 16 n=2 positronium states are used to derive the n=1⇆n=2 radiative transition rates of a positronium atom moving in arbitrarily oriented electric and magnetic fields. Excess annihilation radiation resulting from laser excitation and magnetic mixing in n=2 positronium is calculated and found to be in accord with a recent experiment.

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