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Positronium formation in positron-Li and positron-Na collisions at low energies

Journal Article · · Physical Review. A
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  1. Department of Physics, Cardwell Hall, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506 (United States)
We present the positronium formation cross sections for a positron colliding with lithium and sodium for the collision energies from 0.01 eV up to 20 eV by the hyperspherical close-coupling method. For Li, our results agree with the experimental data and with other calculations. Our results for Na remain in agreement with previous close-coupling calculations, but do not support the latest experimental data for Na below 1 eV. To validate our model potentials and method in the low-energy regime, the binding energies of positronic lithium and positronic sodium as well as the s-wave scattering lengths for positronium scattering from Li{sup +} and Na{sup +} are also presented.
OSTI ID:
20650416
Journal Information:
Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 71; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English