Stability of light positronic atoms: Quantum Monte Carlo studies

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© 1996 American Physical Society (APS). This is the accepted version of the following article: Harju, A. & Barbiellini, B. & Nieminen, Risto M. 1996. Stability of light positronic atoms: Quantum Monte Carlo studies. Physical Review A. Volume 54, Issue 6. 4849-4853. ISSN 1050-2947 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physreva.54.4849, which has been published in final form at http://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.54.4849.
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School of Science | A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä

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4849-4853

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Physical Review A, Volume 54, Issue 6

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We present accurate ground-state energies for the positronium atom in a Coulomb field of point charge Z (XZPs), for the positronium hydrogen (HPs) and positronium lithium (LiPs) atoms. Calculations are done using the diffusion quantum Monte Carlo (DQMC) method. For XZPs, the critical value of Z for binding is examined. While HPs is stable, the results show that LiPs is unstable against dissociation to a lithium atom and a positronium.

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Harju, A. & Barbiellini, B. & Nieminen, Risto M. 1996. Stability of light positronic atoms: Quantum Monte Carlo studies. Physical Review A. Volume 54, Issue 6. 4849-4853. ISSN 1050-2947 (printed). DOI: 10.1103/physreva.54.4849.