Near-threshold production of antihydrogen positive ion in positronium–antihydrogen collision

Abstract

Abstract Near-threshold production of antihydrogen ion ( H ̄ + ) in positronium–antihydrogen collisions is predicted by a rigorous four-body scattering calculation. The convergence of the cross sections for the rearrangement and for all competing reactions (elastic scattering, de/excitation and de/polarization of positronium) is carefully examined against partial waves. The multi-channel scattering solutions are composed of functions that diagonalize the four-body Hamiltonian, and scattering functions that satisfy the correct asymptotic boundary conditions. The production rates of H ̄ + show large discrepancies compared to more approximate calculations.