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A modified adiabatic approach to positron-atom and positron-molecule polarisation potentials: application to positron-He scattering

T L Gibson

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A novel treatment of short-range correlation effects designed for use in calculating positron-atom and positron-molecule polarisation potentials is presented. The treatment is based on a physically motivated approximation that mimics the effect of the dominant non-adiabatic correction to the adiabatic potential at low scattering energies, namely virtual positronium formation. As an initial test of the method, positron-He scattering phaseshifts, scattering length and differential cross sections have been calculated and found to be in good agreement with accurate results. This method is immediately extendible to positron-molecule collisions and does not require significantly more work than a purely adiabatic treatment.


PACS

34.80.Uv Positron scattering

34.50.-s Scattering of atoms and molecules

31.15.-p Calculations and mathematical techniques in atomic and molecular physics

36.10.Dr Positronium

Subjects

Atomic and molecular physics

Computational physics

Dates

Issue 4 (28 February 1990)



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