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Vibrational Excitation Cross Section by Positron Impact. A Wavepacket Dynamics Study
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: Received: 3 September 2021 / Approved: 7 September 2021 / Online: 7 September 2021 (12:00:07 CEST)
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Poveda, L.A.; Varella, M.T.N.; Mohallem, J.R. Vibrational Excitation Cross-Section by Positron Impact: A Wave-Packet Dynamics Study. Atoms 2021, 9, 64. Poveda, L.A.; Varella, M.T.N.; Mohallem, J.R. Vibrational Excitation Cross-Section by Positron Impact: A Wave-Packet Dynamics Study. Atoms 2021, 9, 64.
Abstract
The vibrational excitation cross section of a diatomic molecule by positron impact is obtained using wavepacket propagation techniques. The dynamics was carried on a two-dimensional potential energy surface which couples a hydrogen-like harmonic oscillator to a positron via a spherically symmetric correlation polarization potential. The cross section for the excitation of the first vibrational mode is in good agreement with previous reports. Our model suggests that a positron couples to the target vibration by responding instantly to an interaction potential which depends on the target vibrational coordinate.
Keywords
positron; model potential; wavepacket propagation; vibrational cross section
Subject
Physical Sciences, Atomic and Molecular Physics
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