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Analytical Results for the Three-Body Radiative Attachment Rate Coefficient, with Application to the Positive Antihydrogen Ion H̄+
Atoms
  • Jack C. Straton, Portland State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-20-2020
Subjects
  • Photoionization,
  • Proton-antiproton interactions,
  • Antimatter -- Analysis,
  • Particles (Nuclear physics),
  • Hydrogen ions,
  • Radiative transfer
Abstract

To overcome the numerical difficulties inherent in the Maxwell–Boltzmann integral of the velocity-weighted cross section that gives the radiative attachment rate coefficient αRA for producing the negative hydrogen ion H− or its antimatter equivalent, the positive antihydrogen ion H¯+ , we found the analytic form for this integral. This procedure is useful for temperatures below 700 K, the region for which the production of H¯+ has potential use as an intermediate stage in the cooling of antihydrogen to ultra-cold (sub-mK) temperatures for spectroscopic studies and probing the gravitational interaction of the anti-atom. Our results, utilizing a 50-term explicitly correlated exponential wave function, confirm our prior numerical results.

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This article belongs to the Special Issue Interactions of Positrons with Matter and Radiation.

DOI
10.3390/atoms8020013
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/32775
Citation Information
Straton, J. C. (2020). Analytical Results for the Three-Body Radiative Attachment Rate Coefficient, with Application to the Positive Antihydrogen Ion H¯+. Atoms, 8(2), 13.