J. Mitroy, AN L(2) CALCULATION OF POSITRON-HYDROGEN SCATTERING AT INTERMEDIATE ENERGIES, Journal of physics. B, Atomic molecular and optical physics, 29(7), 1996, pp. 263-269
Calculations of positron-hydrogen scattering at intermediate energies
up to a maximum energy of 6.0 Ryd are performed using the close-coupli
ng (cc) approach. A large L(2) basis of positron-hydrogen channels (28
states) is supplemented by the Ps(1s), Ps(2s) and Ps(2p) channels. Th
e inclusion of the positronium states in the cc expansion leads to a m
odel which can describe most of the physics of the positron-hydrogen s
ystem with a reasonable degree of accuracy. In particular, the positro
nium formation cross section, the total reaction cross section and the
ionization cross section are all in agreement with experiment.