Low-energy l-mixing collisions of excited positronium with protons and antiprotons

作者:Fabrikant I I*; Kadyrov A S; Bray I; Charlton M
来源:Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics , 2017, 50(13): 134001.
DOI:10.1088/1361-6455/aa743c

摘要

We investigate l-mixing processes in collisions of excited positronium (Ps) atoms with protons in the range of the principal quantum number n of the Ps atom between 4 and 8. We show first that results of the threshold theory agree very well with convergent close-coupling calculations. We then compare quantum cross sections with results of semiclassical and classical theories. In the semiclassical theory, the Ps atom is treated quantum-mechanically, whereas the relative Ps-p motion is described classically. For l-mixing processes there is a good agreement between quantum and semiclassical results, whereas classical theory strongly underestimates the l-mixing cross sections. The conclusions are important for the interpretation of Classical Trajectory Monte Carlo simulations and the use of their data in the design of experiments.

  • 出版日期2017-7-14