J Mitroy 2000 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 33 5307 doi:10.1088/0953-4075/33/23/304
J Mitroy
Show affiliationsThe stochastic variational method is used to investigate the stability of the (m+, e-, e+) system as a function of the m+/me mass ratio. The system was found to be stable for 0.697 78≤m+/me≤1.6343. These mass limits correspond to stability for energy values of the (m+,e-) subsystem satisfying 0.205 498≤E(m+,e-)≤0.310 196 (energies in Hartree). These energy limits correspond roughly to the ionization potentials of neutral atoms that are known to bind a positron. The (m+, e-, e+) system can be regarded as an analogue of a typical positronic atom since the structure of the (m+, e-, e+) system as a function of E(m+,e-) is seen to be reminiscent of the structure of positronic atoms as a function of the parent atom ionization potential.
Issue 23 (14 December 2000)
Received 20 September 2000
J Mitroy 2000 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 33 5307
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