Published September 1975 | Version v1
Journal article

Method of K harmonics and the ground-state energy of the positronium negative ion

  • 1. Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Calcutta-32, India

Description

The method of K harmonics, which has been successfully used to find some of the basic characteristics of a nucleus, is applied to determine the ground-state energy of the positronium negative ion, e-e+e-. Retaining K harmonics up to K = 2 in the expansion for the wave function, the ground-state energy comes out as -0.256 (in a.u.). The energy value improves to -0.259 when the K harmonics up to K = 4 are included

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review A
Journal Volume
12
Journal Issue
3
Series
Phys. Rev., A.
Journal Page Range
763-767
ISSN
0556-2791

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
7231441
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
GROUND STATES; IONS; POSITRONIUM; WAVE FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
CHARGED PARTICLES; ENERGY LEVELS; FUNCTIONS

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