New Method for Taking into Account Finite Nuclear Mass in the Determination of Absence of Bound States: Application to
- 7 June 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 48 (23) , 1578-1581
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.48.1578
Abstract
If the proton is considered to be infinitely massive, no bound state of a system made up of a positron and a hydrogen atom can exist. In this Letter a new method is introduced for taking into account finite nuclear mass. By using this method it is shown that the inclusion of the finite mass of the proton does not result in the appearance of a bound state.Keywords
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