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Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 063401 (2007) [4 pages]

Second Bound State of PsH

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J. Mitroy*
Faculty of Technology, Charles Darwin University, Darwin NT 0909, Australia

M. W. J. Bromley
Department of Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182, USA

Received 15 November 2006; published 5 February 2007

The existence of a second bound state of PsH that is electronically stable and also stable against positron annihilation by the normal 2γ and 3γ processes is demonstrated by explicit calculation. The state can be found in the 2,4So symmetries with the two electrons in a spin-triplet state. The binding energy against dissociation into the H(2p)+Ps(2p) channel was 7.03×10-4  hartree. The dominant decay mode of the states will be radiative decay into a configuration that autoionizes or undergoes positron annihilation. The NaPs system of the same symmetry is also electronically stable with a binding energy of 1.514×10-3  hartree with respect to the Na(3p)+Ps(2p) channel.

© 2007 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.063401
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.063401
PACS:
36.10.Dr, 34.85.+x

*Electronic address: jxm107@rsphysse.anu.edu.au

Electronic address: mbromley@physics.sdsu.edu