VISUALIZATION OF THE TIME-DEPENDENT CORRELATED WAVEFUNCTIONS OF POSITRON–HYDROGEN SCATTERING SYSTEM

Abstract

Time-dependent approach has been applied to positron–hydrogen scattering. The initial wavefunction of the system in this approach is expanded in terms of three-dimensional dynamical wavefunctions to include all higher angular momenta by solving a set of three coupled differential equations. The entire contributing scattering channels are automatically included in this approach. Therefore, it resolves the problems at the intermediate energies where the positronium-formation is important. The visualization of the two-particle correlated (angular dependent) wavefunction of the system as it evolves has been presented and provides quantitative analysis of the positronium-formation and ionization processes as they occur. The positron impact transfer (combined positronium-formation and ionization) probabilities obtained from the final wavefunction compares very well with those of time-dependent converged close-coupling calculations.