A MODIFIED ADIABATIC APPROACH TO POSITRON-ATOM AND POSITRON-MOLECULE POLARIZATION POTENTIALS - APPLICATION TO POSITRON-HE SCATTERING

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GIBSON, TL
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[1] Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, 79409
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10.1088/0953-4075/23/4/010
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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A novel treatment of short-range correlation effects designed for use in calculating positron-atom and positron-molecule polarisation potentials is presented. The treatment is based on a physically motivated approximation that mimics the effect of the dominant non-adiabatic correction to the adiabatic potential at low scattering energies, namely virtual positronium formation. As an initial test of the method, positron-He scattering phaseshifts, scattering length and differential cross sections have been calculated and found to be in good agreement with accurate results. This method is immediately extendible to positron-molecule collisions and does not require significantly more work than a purely adiabatic treatment. © 1990 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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