Abstract
Close to converged energies and expectation values for are computed using a ground state wave function consisting of 1500 explicitly correlated Gaussians. The best estimate of the energy was , which has a binding energy of against dissociation into . The annihilation rate for the spin doublet state was . The estimated annihilation rate with the core electron was . The derived enhancement factor for annihilation with the core was 2.29, just over 10% smaller than the enhancement factor derived from analyses of annihilation during scattering. The diffuse nature of the wave function, with well separated and Ps subsystems, is demonstarted to be on the threshold of satisfying the formal criteria that define a quantum halo state.
- Received 24 April 2005
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.72.032503
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