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Doubly excited 3P(e) resonant states in Ps(-)Doubly excited 3P(e) resonant states in Ps(-) are calculated using a method of complex-coordinate rotation. Resonance parameters (both resonance positions and widths) for doubly excited states associated with the n = 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 thresholds of positronium atoms are evaluated using elaborate Hylleraas-type functions. In addition to ten Feshbach-type resonances lying below various Ps thresholds, three shape resonances were identified, one each lying above the n = 2, 4, and 6 Ps thresholds. It is further noted that the energy levels for the present 3P(e) states are nearly degenerate with respect to the previously calculated 1P(0) states. Such a symmetric character suggests that the highly and doubly excited Ps(-), similar to its counterpart in H(-), would exhibit rovibrational behaviors analogous to those of XYX triatomic molecules.
Document ID
19920054305
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Ho, Y. K.
(Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, United States)
Bhatia, A. K.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Physical Review A
Volume: 45
Issue: 9, Ma
ISSN: 1050-2947
Subject Category
Atomic And Molecular Physics
Accession Number
92A36929
Distribution Limits
Public
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