Published 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Small exotic molecules with bosonic constituents

  • 1. European Centre for Theoretical Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas, 38059 Villazzano, Trento (Italy)
  • 2. Inst. de Physique Nucleaire, Univ. Claude Bernard, CNRS-IN2P3, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex (France)
  • 3. Inst. des Sciences Nucleaires, Univ. Joseph Fourier, CNRS-IN2P3, 38026 Grenoble Cedex (France)

Description

We study the stability and the properties of the ground state of neutral systems containing up to four positively charged bosons and their antiparticles. Examples are the di-pionium molecule (π+ π-)2, which is almost identical to the positronium molecule (e+e-)2, the tri-pionium (π+π- )3, and the quadri-pionium (π+π-)4 molecules. We briefly compare our results on the energy to those on the large-N limit of (π+π-)N. We also show that the annihilation probability can be calculated accurately with simple wave functions when one uses the generalized Schwinger rule. (author)

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Journal Title
Few-Body Systems
Journal Volume
19
Journal Page Range
p. 19-29
ISSN
0177-7963