Recent progress in the description of positron scattering from atoms using the convergent close-coupling theory

AS Kadyrov, I Bray - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Much progress in the theory of positron scattering on atoms has been made in the ten years
since the review of Surko et al (2005 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 38 R57). We review this …

Convergent close-coupling approach to light and heavy projectile scattering on atomic and molecular hydrogen

I Bray, IB Abdurakhmanov, JJ Bailey… - Journal of Physics B …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The atomic hydrogen target has played a pivotal role in the development of quantum
collision theory. The key complexities of computationally managing the countably infinite …

Cross section for Rydberg antihydrogen production via charge exchange between Rydberg positroniums and antiprotons in a magnetic field

D Krasnický, R Caravita, C Canali, G Testera - Physical Review A, 2016 - APS
The antihydrogen formation by charge exchange between cold antiprotons and Rydberg
positronium P s* is studied by using the classical trajectory Monte Carlo method. In the …

Wave-packet continuum-discretization approach to ion-atom collisions: Nonrearrangement scattering

IB Abdurakhmanov, AS Kadyrov, I Bray - Physical Review A, 2016 - APS
A general single-center close-coupling approach based on a continuum-discretization
procedure is developed to calculate excitation and ionization processes in ion-atom …

ion production from collisions between antiprotons and excited positronium: cross sections calculations in the framework of the GBAR experiment

P Comini, PA Hervieux - New Journal of Physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
In the framework of the gravitational behaviour of antihydrogen at rest (GBAR) experiment,
cross sections for the successive formation of $\bar {\mathrm {H}} $ and $\bar {\mathrm …

Quantum suppression of antihydrogen formation in positronium-antiproton scattering

AS Kadyrov, I Bray, M Charlton, II Fabrikant - Nature Communications, 2017 - nature.com
The interaction of antiprotons with low-energy positronium atoms is a fundamental three-
body problem whose significance is its utility for formation of antihydrogen. Particular …

Comparison of classical and quantum models of anti-hydrogen formation through charge exchange

D Krasnicky, G Testera, N Zurlo - Journal of Physics B: Atomic …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We compare classical and quantum predictions of the cross section for anti-hydrogen
formation by charge exchange between Rydberg positronium and antiprotons as a function …

Formation of positron-atom bound states in collisions between Rydberg Ps and neutral atoms

AR Swann, DB Cassidy, A Deller, GF Gribakin - Physical Review A, 2016 - APS
Predicted 20 years ago, positron binding to neutral atoms has not yet been observed
experimentally. A scheme is proposed to detect positron-atom bound states by colliding …

Velocity selection of Rydberg positronium using a curved electrostatic guide

AM Alonso, BS Cooper, A Deller, L Gurung, SD Hogan… - Physical Review A, 2017 - APS
We report experiments in which a slow Rydberg positronium (Ps) beam was produced by
velocity selection using a curved electrostatic quadrupole guide. Ps atoms in Rydberg-Stark …

Similarity of near-threshold energy dependence of positronium formation and photoionization in molecules

JR Danielson, GF Gribakin, E Arthur-Baidoo… - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
High-resolution measurements of the positronium formation cross sections for positron
energies from threshold to 10 eV are presented for aniline (C 6 H 5 NH 2), pyridine (C 5 H 5 …