Investigation of Electron-Positron Correlations by Monte Carlo Simulation

• Authors: E. Boroński
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Earlier theoretical studies, as well as recent calculations of positron annihilation rates in metals, show that some basic problems concerning electron-positron (e-p) interaction have not been solved satisfactorily, even for homogeneous media (the electron gas). In turn, the "computer experiments" e.g. quantum Monte Carlo simulations applied to these problems by several authors yielded only fragmentary, inaccurate and even incorrect results for smaller electron densities. It is shown in the present paper that the quantum Monte Carlo method may be useful in investigations of positron interactions with electrons. Reasonable annihilation rates have been obtained owing to appropriate construction of the trial function and taking into account the 3-particle correlations (i.e. dependence of the electron-electron (e-e) interaction on the distance from the positron). Moreover, the method of "exact determination" (without any fitting) of positron annihilation rates on the basis of the variational trial function was proposed. One also found the way of calculating the momentum dependent enhancement factors, the quantities not achievable within the Monte Carlo method until now.

Keywords

EN

71.60.+z; 78.70.Bj; 02.70.Ss

Discipline

• 78.70.Bj: Positron annihilation(for positron states, see 71.60.+z in electronic structure of bulk materials; for positronium chemistry, see 82.30.Gg in physical chemistry and chemical physics)
• 71.60.+z: Positron states(for positron annihilation, see 78.70.Bj)
• 02.70.Ss: Quantum Monte Carlo methods

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 107
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 576-585

Dates

published

2005-04

received

2004-09-20

Contributors

author

E. Boroński

• W. Trzebiatowski Institute for Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 1410, 50-950 Wrocław 2, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.107.576