Low Temperature Hydrogen Antihydrogen Interactions |
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Authors: | E A G Armour C W Chamberlain |
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Institution: | (1) School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK;(2) School of Mathematical Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK |
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Abstract: | In view of current interest in the trapping of antihydrogen (
) atoms at low temperatures 1–3], we have carried out a full four-body variational calculation to determine s-wave elastic phase shifts for hydrogen antihydrogen scattering, using the Kohn Variational Principle. Terms outside the Born–Oppenheimer
approximation have been taken into account using the formalism of Kołos and Wolniewicz 4]. As far as we are aware, this is
the first time that these terms have been included in an H
scattering calculation. This is a continuation of earlier work on H–
interactions 5–7]. Preliminary results differ substantially from those calculated using the Born–Oppenheimer approximation
8–10]. A method is outlined for reducing this discrepancy and taking the rearrangement channel into account.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | antihydrogen hydrogen elastic scattering protonium positronium |
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