Positronium formation from positron impact on hydrogen and helium targets

被引:4
作者
Naginey, T. C. [1 ]
Stacy, Eric W. [1 ]
Pollock, B. B. [2 ]
Walters, H. R. J. [3 ]
Whelan, Colm T. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Old Dominion Univ, Dept Phys, Norfolk, VA 23529 USA
[2] Lawrence Livermore Natl Lab, Livermore, CA 94550 USA
[3] Queens Univ Belfast, Dept Appl Math & Theoret Phys, Belfast BT7 1NN, Antrim, North Ireland
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2014年 / 89卷 / 06期
关键词
CHARGE-TRANSFER; CROSS-SECTIONS; ATOMIC-HYDROGEN; COLLISIONS; IONIZATION; DISTRIBUTIONS; ANNIHILATION; SCATTERING; PROTONS; GASES;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.89.062704
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Charge-exchange cross sections are presented for collisions of positrons with hydrogen and neutral and singly ionized helium targets using a variant of the classical trajectory Monte Carlo approach. As a check on the method a comparison is made with the corresponding proton results. An extended error analysis is presented. Reasonable agreement with available experimental data is found, and the charge-exchange cross section for positrons on He+ is predicted.
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