Positronium-hydrogen-atom scattering in a five-state model

dc.contributor.authorAdhikari, Sadhan K. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorBiswas, P. K. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-28T19:53:16Z
dc.date.available2022-04-28T19:53:16Z
dc.date.issued1999-03-01
dc.description.abstractThe scattering of orthopositronium (Ps) by hydrogen atoms has been investigated in a five-state coupled-channel model allowing for Ps(1s)H(2s,2p) and Ps(2s,2p)H(1s) excitations using a recently proposed electron-exchange model potential. The higher (n≥3) excitations and ionization of the Ps atom are calculated using the first Born approximation. Calculations are reported of scattering lengths, phase shifts, elastic, Ps and H excitation, and total cross sections. Remarkable correlations are observed between the S-wave Ps-H binding energy and the singlet scattering length, effective range, and resonance energy obtained in various model calculations. These correlations suggest that if a Ps-H dynamical model yields the correct result for one of these four observables, it is expected to lead to the correct result for the other three. The present model, which is constructed so as to reproduce the Ps-H resonance at 4.01 eV, automatically yields a Ps-H bound state at -1.05 eV that compares well with the accurate value of -1.067 eV. The model leads to a singlet scattering length of 3.72a0 and effective range of 1.67a0, whereas the correlations suggest the precise values of 3.50a0 and 1.65a 0 for these observables, respectively. © 1999 The American Physical Society.en
dc.description.affiliationInst. de Fis. Teórica Universidade Estadual Paulista, 01 405-900 São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationUnespInst. de Fis. Teórica Universidade Estadual Paulista, 01 405-900 São Paulo
dc.format.extent2058-2064
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.59.2058
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, v. 59, n. 3, p. 2058-2064, 1999.
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevA.59.2058
dc.identifier.issn1050-2947
dc.identifier.issn1094-1622
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-0000628120
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/223816
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
dc.sourceScopus
dc.titlePositronium-hydrogen-atom scattering in a five-state modelen
dc.typeArtigo

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