Binding Energy of the Positronium Molecule
- 15 April 1947
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 71 (8) , 493-496
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.71.493
Abstract
A system of two electrons and two positrons is shown to possess dynamic stability. The variational calculation performed leads to a binding energy of at least 0.11 ev for this cluster. The approximate wave function which yields this value depends on the four electron-positron distances only. Neglect of the two distances between particles of the same kind permits an essential mathematical simplification which might be of interest in other problems.Keywords
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