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Potential Splitting Approach to Positron Scattering Off the Hydrogen Atom and the Positive Helium Ion

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The positron-hydrogen atom and the positron-positive helium ion scattering problems at the energies below the second excitation threshold of the positronium are solved by the potential splitting approach combined with the complex scaling technique. We solve the Schrödinger equation in the total angular momentum representation. The elastic scattering and excitation cross-sections are obtained.

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  1. Department of Computational Physics, Saint-Petersburg State University, Ulyanovskaya 1, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 198504

    P. A. Belov, V. A. Gradusov, M. V. Volkov, S. L. Yakovlev & E. A. Yarevsky

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Belov, P.A., Gradusov, V.A., Volkov, M.V. et al. Potential Splitting Approach to Positron Scattering Off the Hydrogen Atom and the Positive Helium Ion. Few-Body Syst 58, 114 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00601-017-1274-6

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