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Critically-bound four-body molecules

Atomic Physics 2009-11-10 v1 Chemical Physics

Abstract

The (p,d,pˉ,dˉ)(p,d,\bar{p},\bar{d}) 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 (ppˉ)(p\bar{p}) and its heavier analogue (ddˉ)(d\bar{d}). 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