Abstract: | The Sommerfeld-Welker model of a hydrogen atom in a spherical, impenetrable force cavity is used to calculate the basic properties of positronium in an ionic crystal. The basic properties of positronium (the lifetime against 2- and 3-annihilation, the count rate of 3 coincidences, and the magnetic-quenching parameter) are found as functions of the radius of the spherical force cavity.Translated from Izvestiya VUZ. Fizika, No. 7, pp. 71–75, July, 1970. |