A resonant state and the ground state of positronium hydride
- 1 May 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 17 (5) , 1675-1678
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.17.1675
Abstract
The lowest-lying resonance occurring in -wave positronium-hydrogen scattering is reinvestigated, using the complex-rotation method. By employing a generalized Hylleraas-type wave function that includes all six interparticle coordinates, a very accurate value of the resonance position is obtained, along with a good value of the width. The present result for is lower than the previous result of Drachman and Houston, who omitted the interelectronic coordinate in their trial function. In addition, the lowest ground-state energy of positronium hydride is obtained by using 210 terms in the trial wave function. The effect of the coordinate and others on both the resonant energy and the binding energy of PsH is discussed.
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