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Bergami M, Charry J, Reyes A, Coutinho K, Varella MTDN. Does Positron Attachment Take Place in Water Solution? J Phys Chem B 2024. [PMID: 39382199 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.4c03627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/10/2024]
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We performed a computational study of positron attachment to hydrated amino acids, namely glycine, alanine, and proline in the zwitterionic form. We combined the sequential quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics (s-QM/MM) method with various levels of any particle molecular orbital (APMO) calculations. Consistent with previous studies, our calculations indicate the formation of energetically stable states for the isolated and microsolvated amino acids, in which the positron localizes around the carboxylate group. However, for the larger clusters, composed of 7 to 40 water molecules, hydrogen bonding between the solute and solvent molecules disfavors positron attachment to the amino acids, giving rise to surface states in which the positron is located around the water-vacuum interface. The analysis of positron binding energies, positronic orbitals, radial probability distributions, and annihilation rates consistently pointed out the change from positron-solute to positron-solvent states. Even with the inclusion of an electrostatic embedding around the aggregates, the positrons did not localize around the solute. Positron attachment to molecules in the gas phase is a well-established fact. The existence of hydrated positronic molecules could also be expected from the analogy with transient anion states, which are believed to participate in radiation damage. Our results indicate that positron attachment to hydrated biomolecules, even to zwitterions with negatively charged carboxylated groups, would not take place. For the larger clusters, in which positron-water interactions are favored, the calculations indicate an unexpectedly large contribution of the core orbitals to the annihilation rates, between 15 and 20%. Finally, we explored correlations between positron binding energies (PBEs) and dipole moments, as well as annihilation rates and PBEs, consistent with previous studies for smaller clusters.
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- Mateus Bergami
- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1371, CEP 05508-090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Luxembourg, L-1511 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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- Department of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Av. Cra. 30 #45-03, 111321 Bogotá, Colombia
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1371, CEP 05508-090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1371, CEP 05508-090 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Upadhyay S, Benali A, Jordan KD. Capturing Correlation Effects in Positron Binding to Atoms and Molecules. J Chem Theory Comput 2024. [PMID: 39288307 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.4c00727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/19/2024]
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A major challenge in contemporary electronic structure theory involves the development of methods to describe in a balanced manner the contribution of correlation effects to energy differences. This challenge can be even greater for multicomponent systems containing more than one type of quantum particle. In the present work, we describe a flexible code for carrying out self-consistent field and configuration interaction (CI) calculations on multicomponent systems and use it to generate trial wave functions for use in diffusion Monte Carlo (DMC) calculations of the positron affinity of Be, Be2, Be4, Mg, CS2, and benzene. The resulting positron affinities (PAs) are in good agreement with the best values from the literature.
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- Shiv Upadhyay
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15218, United States
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- Computational Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois 60439, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15218, United States
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Porras-Roldan R, Moncada F, Charry J, Varella M, Flores-Moreno R, Reyes A. Electron superhalogens as positronium superhalogens. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:18881-18891. [PMID: 38948936 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp01221f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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Positronium (Ps) exhibits the ability to form energetically stable complexes with atoms and molecules before annihilation occurs. In particular, F, a halogen, shows the highest reported positronium binding energy (2.95 eV) in the periodic table. Superhalogens are defined as molecules with electron affinities exceeding that of Cl (3.61 eV), the atom with the highest electron affinity. Building upon the concept of superhalogens, we can define Ps-superhalogens as molecules with Ps binding energies surpassing that of F. This study explores structural and energetic aspects of positronium and positron binding to neutral and anionic superhalogen molecules of the MXk+1 family (M = Li, Na, Be, Mg, B, Al, Si, P; X = F, Cl, Br), respectively and where k represents the highest formal valence of M. We perform multicomponent MP2 calculations for positron systems, which reveal how positron affinities vary with the type and number of halogen atoms present. The analysis of the results emphasizes the predominant role of electrostatic interactions in determining the positron affinity, with negligible effects of electronic and geometric relaxation upon positron attachment. We predict the energetic stability of 22 of the 24 PsMXk+1 complexes with respect to the chemically relevant dissociation channels: e+ emission, Ps emission and M-X bond breaking. Our findings reveal six MFk+1 systems that qualify as Ps-superhalogens, showing a positronium binding energy exceeding 2.95 eV. Of these, AlF4 stands out by setting a new record for the highest positronium binding energy among neutral molecules, reaching 4.36 eV.
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- Rafael Porras-Roldan
- Department of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Av. Cra 30 45-03, Bogotá, Colombia.
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- Department of Physics, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm University, Stockholm, 106 91, Sweden
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- Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Luxembourg, L-1511 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1731, 05508-090 São Paulo, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad de Guadalajara, Blvd. Marcelino García Barragán 1421, Col Olímpica, Guadalajara Jal., C.P. 44430, Mexico
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- Department of Chemistry, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Av. Cra 30 45-03, Bogotá, Colombia.
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Solov’yov AV, Verkhovtsev AV, Mason NJ, Amos RA, Bald I, Baldacchino G, Dromey B, Falk M, Fedor J, Gerhards L, Hausmann M, Hildenbrand G, Hrabovský M, Kadlec S, Kočišek J, Lépine F, Ming S, Nisbet A, Ricketts K, Sala L, Schlathölter T, Wheatley AEH, Solov’yov IA. Condensed Matter Systems Exposed to Radiation: Multiscale Theory, Simulations, and Experiment. Chem Rev 2024; 124:8014-8129. [PMID: 38842266 PMCID: PMC11240271 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2023] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024]
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This roadmap reviews the new, highly interdisciplinary research field studying the behavior of condensed matter systems exposed to radiation. The Review highlights several recent advances in the field and provides a roadmap for the development of the field over the next decade. Condensed matter systems exposed to radiation can be inorganic, organic, or biological, finite or infinite, composed of different molecular species or materials, exist in different phases, and operate under different thermodynamic conditions. Many of the key phenomena related to the behavior of irradiated systems are very similar and can be understood based on the same fundamental theoretical principles and computational approaches. The multiscale nature of such phenomena requires the quantitative description of the radiation-induced effects occurring at different spatial and temporal scales, ranging from the atomic to the macroscopic, and the interlinks between such descriptions. The multiscale nature of the effects and the similarity of their manifestation in systems of different origins necessarily bring together different disciplines, such as physics, chemistry, biology, materials science, nanoscience, and biomedical research, demonstrating the numerous interlinks and commonalities between them. This research field is highly relevant to many novel and emerging technologies and medical applications.
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- School
of Physics and Astronomy, University of
Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NH, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
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- Institute
of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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- Université
Paris-Saclay, CEA, LIDYL, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- CY Cergy Paris Université,
CEA, LIDYL, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Centre
for Light Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- Institute
of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Královopolská 135, 61200 Brno, Czech Republic
- Kirchhoff-Institute
for Physics, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- J.
Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute
of Physics, Carl von Ossietzky University, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Kirchhoff-Institute
for Physics, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Kirchhoff-Institute
for Physics, Heidelberg University, Im Neuenheimer Feld 227, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Faculty
of Engineering, University of Applied Sciences
Aschaffenburg, Würzburger
Str. 45, 63743 Aschaffenburg, Germany
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- Eaton European
Innovation Center, Bořivojova
2380, 25263 Roztoky, Czech Republic
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- J.
Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Université
Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière
Matière, F-69622, Villeurbanne, France
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- Yusuf
Hamied Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge, Lensfield
Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, U.K.
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- Department
of Targeted Intervention, University College
London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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- J.
Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry, Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 18223 Prague, Czech Republic
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- Zernike
Institute for Advanced Materials, University
of Groningen, Nijenborgh
4, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
- University
College Groningen, University of Groningen, Hoendiepskade 23/24, 9718 BG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Yusuf
Hamied Department of Chemistry, University
of Cambridge, Lensfield
Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom
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- Institute
of Physics, Carl von Ossietzky University, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Str. 9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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Cassella G, Foulkes WMC, Pfau D, Spencer JS. Neural network variational Monte Carlo for positronic chemistry. Nat Commun 2024; 15:5214. [PMID: 38890287 PMCID: PMC11189582 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49290-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 05/29/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
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Quantum chemical calculations of the ground-state properties of positron-molecule complexes are challenging. The main difficulty lies in employing an appropriate basis set for representing the coalescence between electrons and a positron. Here, we tackle this problem with the recently developed Fermionic neural network (FermiNet) wavefunction, which does not depend on a basis set. We find that FermiNet produces highly accurate, in some cases state-of-the-art, ground-state energies across a range of atoms and small molecules with a wide variety of qualitatively distinct positron binding characteristics. We calculate the binding energy of the challenging non-polar benzene molecule, finding good agreement with the experimental value, and obtain annihilation rates which compare favourably with those obtained with explicitly correlated Gaussian wavefunctions. Our results demonstrate a generic advantage of neural network wavefunction-based methods and broaden their applicability to systems beyond the standard molecular Hamiltonian.
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- Gino Cassella
- Dept. of Physics, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
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- Dept. of Physics, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Dept. of Physics, Imperial College London, London, SW7 2AZ, UK
- DeepMind, London, N1C 4DJ, UK
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Lévêque-Simon K, Camper A, Taïeb R, Caillat J, Lévêque C, Giner E. Production of positronium chloride: A study of the charge exchange reaction between Ps and Cl. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:104301. [PMID: 38456531 DOI: 10.1063/5.0182498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Accepted: 02/17/2024] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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We present cross sections for the formation of positronium chloride (PsCl) in its ground state from the charge exchange between positronium (Ps) and chloride (Cl-) in the range of 10 meV-100 eV Ps energy. We have used theoretical models based on the first Born approximation in its three-body formulation. We simulated the collisions between Ps and Cl- using ab initio binding energies and positronic wave functions at both the mean-field and correlated levels extrapolated to the complete basis set limit. The accuracy of these ab initio data was benchmarked on the PsF system with the existing highly accurate results, including the very recent quantum Monte Carlo results. We have investigated Ps excited states up to n = 4. The results suggest that the channel Ps(n = 2) is of particular interest for the production of PsCl in the ground state and shows that an accurate treatment of correlation effects (i.e., electron-electron and electron-positron correlations) leads to a significant change in the magnitude of the PsCl production cross section with respect to the mean-field level.
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- K Lévêque-Simon
- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, Sorbonne Université and CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Department of Physics, University of Oslo, Sem Saelandsvei 24, 0371 Oslo, Norway
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, Sorbonne Université and CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, Sorbonne Université and CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique-Matière et Rayonnement, Sorbonne Université and CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Théorique, Sorbonne Université and CNRS, F-75005 Paris, France
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Cassidy JP, Hofierka J, Cunningham B, Green DG. Many-body theory calculations of positronic-bonded molecular dianions. J Chem Phys 2024; 160:084304. [PMID: 38407288 DOI: 10.1063/5.0188719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
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The energetic stability of positron-dianion systems [A-; e+; A-] is studied via many-body theory, where A- includes H-, F-, Cl-, and the molecular anions (CN)- and (NCO)-. Specifically, the energy of the system as a function of ionic separation is determined by solving the Dyson equation for the positron in the field of the two anions using a positron-anion self-energy as constructed in Hofierka et al. [Nature 606, 688 (2022)] that accounts for correlations, including polarization, screening, and virtual-positronium formation. Calculations are performed for a positron interacting with H22-, F22-, and Cl22- and are found to be in good agreement with previous theory. In particular, we confirm the presence of two minima in the potential energy of the [H-; e+; H-] system with respect to ionic separation: a positronically bonded [H-; e+; H-] local minimum at ionic separations r ∼ 3.4 Å and a global minimum at smaller ionic separations r ≲ 1.6 Å that gives overall instability of the system with respect to dissociation into a H2 molecule and a positronium negative ion, Ps-. The first predictions are made for positronic bonding in dianions consisting of molecular anionic fragments, specifically for (CN)22- and (NCO)22-. In all cases, we find that the molecules formed by the creation of a positronic bond are stable relative to dissociation into A- and e+A- (positron bound to a single anion), with bond energies on the order of 1 eV and bond lengths on the order of several ångstroms.
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- J P Cassidy
- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Mahla S, Antony B. Positron scattering from structurally related biomolecules. RSC Adv 2024; 14:1397-1406. [PMID: 38174274 PMCID: PMC10763659 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra06227a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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We report the integral elastic, momentum transfer, and inelastic (positronium formation and ionisation) cross sections for positron scattering from structurally related molecules. The molecules chosen for the current investigation are formamide, formylphosphine, formic acid, N-methylformamide, acetone, acetic acid, and formaldehyde. The cross sections were calculated using the optical potential approach and the complex scattering potential-ionisation contribution method for impact energies between 1 and 5 keV. A sizable repository of data is now available for positron scattering from various atoms and molecules; however, data on the impact of positrons on current targets is still scarce and fragmented. While most cross sections are the first of their kind, we analyze our total cross sections (TCSs) with the previous literature available, which has become attractive to researchers trying to model the tracks of charged particles in matter. TCSs have recently seen a resurgence in popularity thanks to their utility in specifying the mean-free path between the collisions of such simulations. We find good qualitative convergence between experimental and theoretical results below and above the positronium formation threshold. However, around the threshold region, a significant discrepancy is encountered, which can be accounted for due to the experiment's lack of forward angle scattering effect discrimination. This level of agreement evolves to become quantitative at intermediate and higher energies.
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- Sapna Mahla
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad JH 826004 India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad JH 826004 India
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Orlando R, Romaniello P, Loos PF. The three channels of many-body perturbation theory: GW, particle-particle, and electron-hole T-matrix self-energies. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:184113. [PMID: 37962450 DOI: 10.1063/5.0176898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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We derive the explicit expression of the three self-energies that one encounters in many-body perturbation theory: the well-known GW self-energy, as well as the particle-particle and electron-hole T-matrix self-energies. Each of these can be easily computed via the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a different random-phase approximation linear eigenvalue problem that completely defines their corresponding response function. For illustrative and comparative purposes, we report the principal ionization potentials of a set of small molecules computed at each level of theory. The performance of these schemes on strongly correlated systems (B2 and C2) is also discussed.
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- Roberto Orlando
- Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
- Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
- European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF)
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- Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
- European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF)
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- Laboratoire de Chimie et Physique Quantiques, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UPS, Toulouse, France
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Rawlins CM, Hofierka J, Cunningham B, Patterson CH, Green DG. Many-Body Theory Calculations of Positron Scattering and Annihilation in H_{2}, N_{2}, and CH_{4}. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:263001. [PMID: 37450820 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.263001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
Abstract
The recently developed ab initio many-body theory of positron molecule binding [22J. Hofierka et al., Many-body theory of positron binding to polyatomic molecules, Nature (London) 606, 688 (2022)NATUAS0028-083610.1038/s41586-022-04703-3] is combined with the shifted pseudostates method [A. R. Swann and G. F. Gribakin, Model-potential calculations of positron binding, scattering, and annihilation for atoms and small molecules using a Gaussian basis, Phys. Rev. A 101, 022702 (2020)PLRAAN2469-992610.1103/PhysRevA.101.022702] to calculate positron scattering and annihilation rates on small molecules, namely H_{2}, N_{2}, and CH_{4}. The important effects of positron-molecule correlations are delineated. The method provides uniformly good results for annihilation rates on all the targets, from the simplest (H_{2}, for which only a sole previous calculation agrees with experiment), to larger targets, where high-quality calculations have not been available.
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- C M Rawlins
- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Seidel EP, Arretche F. Rearrangement Collisions in the Schwinger Variational Principle: A Long-Standing Problem in Positron Scattering Physics. J Phys Chem Lett 2023; 14:2263-2267. [PMID: 36825778 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.3c00129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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In this letter, we propose a functional on the basis of the Schwinger variational principle that accounts for the particle rearrangement by solving a projected Lippmann-Schwinger equation system. The method is tested in the static-coupled approximation for positron-H, where excellent agreements with benchmark results are found for the elastic, positronium (Ps) formation and annihilation cross sections. The effect of virtual Ps formation is evidenced through the analysis of the annihilation map. A significant increase in the electron-positron density in the vicinity of the atom is obtained.
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- Eliton Popovicz Seidel
- Physics Department, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, 88040-900 Santa Catarina, Brazil
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- Physics Department, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, 88040-900 Santa Catarina, Brazil
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Swann AR, Green DG. Maxwellianization of Positrons Cooling in CF_{4} and N_{2} Gases. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:033001. [PMID: 36763379 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.033001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/28/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Positron cooling in CF_{4} and N_{2} gases via inelastic vibrational and rotational (de)excitations is simulated, importantly including elastic positron-positron collisions. For CF_{4}, it is shown that rotational (de)excitations play no role on the experimental timescale, and further, that in the absence of positron-positron collisions, cooling via excitation of the dipole-active ν_{3} and ν_{4} modes alone would lead to a non-Maxwellian positron momentum distribution, in contrast to the observations of experiment. It is shown that the observed Maxwellianization of the distribution may be effected by positron-positron collisions and/or cooling involving the combination of the dipole-inactive ν_{1} mode with the dipole-active modes. For N_{2}, rotational excitations alone are sufficient to Maxwellianize the distribution (vibrational effects are negligible).
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- A R Swann
- School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, University Road, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, University Road, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom
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Sala L, Luxford TFM, Ranković M, Kočišek J. Viewpoints on the 11th International Meeting on Atomic and Molecular Physics and Chemistry. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:8557-8561. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.2c07768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Leo Sala
- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry v.v.i., The Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 18223Prague, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry v.v.i., The Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 18223Prague, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry v.v.i., The Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 18223Prague, Czech Republic
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- J. Heyrovský Institute of Physical Chemistry v.v.i., The Czech Academy of Sciences, Dolejškova 3, 18223Prague, Czech Republic
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Simula KA, Muff JE, Makkonen I, Drummond ND. Quantum Monte Carlo Study of Positron Lifetimes in Solids. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:166403. [PMID: 36306750 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.166403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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We present an analysis of positron lifetimes in solids with unprecedented depth. Instead of modeling correlation effects with density functionals, we study positron-electron wave functions with long-range correlations included. This gives new insight in understanding positron annihilation in metals, insulators, and semiconductors. By using a new quantum Monte Carlo approach for computation of positron lifetimes, an improved accuracy compared to previous computations is obtained for a representative set of materials when compared with experiment. Thus, we present a method without free parameters as a useful alternative to the already existing methods for modeling positrons in solids.
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Affiliation(s)
- K A Simula
- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 43, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 43, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 43, Helsinki FI-00014, Finland
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- Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, United Kingdom
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Calculation of Low-Energy Positron-Atom Scattering with Square-Integrable Wavefunctions. ATOMS 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/atoms10040097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The variational method is applied to the low-energy positron scattering and annihilation problem. The ultimate aim of the investigation is to find a computationally economical way of accounting for strong electron–positron correlations, including the effect of virtual positronium formation. The method is applied to the study of elastic s-wave positron scattering from a hydrogen atom. A generalized eigenvalue problem is set up and solved to obtain s-wave positron–hydrogen scattering phase shifts within 8×10−3 rad of accepted values. This is achieved using a small number of terms in the variational wavefunction; in particular, only nine terms that depend on the electron–positron distance are included. The annihilation parameter Zeff is also calculated and is found to be in good agreement with benchmark calculations.
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Ghosh S, Danielson JR, Surko CM. Resonant Annihilation and Positron Bound States in Benzene. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:123401. [PMID: 36179198 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.123401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Revised: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Positrons attach to molecules in vibrationally resonant two-body collisions that result in greatly enhanced annihilation rates. Measurements of annihilation as a function of positron energy are presented for benzene using a cryogenic, trap-based beam. They establish a positron binding energy of 132±3 meV to test state-of-the-art theoretical calculations, and they exhibit many unexpected resonances, likely due to combination and overtone vibrational modes. The relationship of these results to the unique π-bonded structure of benzene is discussed.
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- S Ghosh
- Physics Department, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Physics Department, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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- Physics Department, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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