Recent progress in the description of positron scattering from atoms using the convergent close-coupling theory

AS Kadyrov, I Bray - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Much progress in the theory of positron scattering on atoms has been made in the ten years
since the review of Surko et al (2005 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 38 R57). We review this …

Antihydrogen formation via antiproton scattering with excited positronium

AS Kadyrov, CM Rawlins, AT Stelbovics, I Bray… - Physical Review Letters, 2015 - APS
Utilizing the two-center convergent close-coupling method, we find a several order of
magnitude enhancement in the formation of antihydrogen via antiproton scattering with …

Calculation of antihydrogen formation via antiproton scattering with excited positronium

CM Rawlins, AS Kadyrov, AT Stelbovics, I Bray… - Physical Review A, 2016 - APS
The two-center convergent close-coupling method is used to calculate antihydrogen (H¯)
formation via positronium (Ps) scattering on antiprotons (p¯) at near threshold energies. For …

[HTML][HTML] Relevance of the weak equivalence principle and experiments to test it: Lessons from the past and improvements expected in space

AM Nobili, A Anselmi - Physics Letters A, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Tests of the Weak Equivalence Principle (WEP) probe the foundations of physics.
Ever since Galileo in the early 1600s, WEP tests have attracted some of the best …

Quantum suppression of antihydrogen formation in positronium-antiproton scattering

AS Kadyrov, I Bray, M Charlton, II Fabrikant - Nature Communications, 2017 - nature.com
The interaction of antiprotons with low-energy positronium atoms is a fundamental three-
body problem whose significance is its utility for formation of antihydrogen. Particular …

Advances in antihydrogen physics

M Charlton, DP Van Der Werf - Science Progress, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
The creation of cold antihydrogen atoms by the controlled combination of positrons and
antiprotons has opened up a new window on fundamental physics. More recently …

Heating due to momentum transfer in low-energy positronium-antiproton scattering

M Charlton, AS Kadyrov, I Bray - Physical Review A, 2016 - APS
We investigate the consequences of unexpectedly large elastic cross sections for the
scattering of low-energy antiprotons from n≤ 3 positronium (Ps) on the experimental …

Special issue on antihydrogen and positronium

M Charlton, AP Mills, Y Yamazaki - Journal of Physics B: Atomic …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
For over forty years it has been possible to investigate the interactions of low energy
positrons using well-defined beams colliding with atoms, molecules and surfaces. The ability …

Cold neutral atoms via charge exchange from excited state positronium: a proposal

WA Bertsche, M Charlton, S Eriksson - New Journal of Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a method for generating cold neutral atoms via charge exchange reactions
between trapped ions and Rydberg positronium. The high charge exchange reaction cross …

Antihydrogen formation in low-energy antiproton collisions with excited-state positronium atoms

AS Kadyrov, CM Rawlins, M Charlton, II Fabrikant… - Hyperfine …, 2018 - Springer
The convergent close-coupling method is used to obtain cross sections for antihydrogen
formation in low-energy antiproton collisions with positronium (Ps) atoms in specified initial …