Scattering of heavy charged particles on hydrogen atoms

Abstract

The low energy scattering of heavy positively charged particles on hydrogen atoms (H) are investigated by solving the Faddeev equations in configuration space. A resonant value of the pH scattering length, $a=750\pm 5$ a.u., in the pp antisymmetric state was found. This large value indicates the existence of a first excited state with a binding energy B=1.14$\times10^{-9}$ a.u. below the H ground state. Several resonances for non zero angular momenta states are predicted.

8 pages, 9 figures, contribution to International Workshop "Dynamics and structure of critically stable quantum few-body systems" held at Les Houches, France, October 8-13, 2001. To appear in Few-Body Physics