Critically-bound four-body molecules
Atomic Physics
2009-11-10 v1 Chemical Physics
Abstract
The molecule, with a proton, a deuteron and their antiparticles, is stable againt spontaneous dissociation, but none of its three-body subsystems are stable. This molecule should be built by combining two atoms, for instance a protonium and its heavier analogue . Most other four-body molecules have at least one stable three-body subsystem and thus can be built by adding the constituents one by one.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0302004,
title = {Critically-bound four-body molecules},
author = {Jean-Marc Richard},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0302004},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
2 pages, Latex2e, no figures, to appear as a `Brief Report'' in Phys. Rev. A