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On the bosonic atoms

Atomic Physics 2018-02-14 v1

Abstract

We investigate here ground state properties of atoms, in which substitute fermions -- electrons by bosons, e.g. π\pi - meson. We perform some calculations in the frame of modified Hartree-Fock (HF) equation. The modification takes into account the symmetry, instead of anti-symmetry of the two-identical bosons wave function. The modified HF approach thus enhances (doubles) the effect of self-action for the boson case. Therefore, we accordingly modify the HF equations by eliminating from them the self-action terms artificially. We found the binding energy of π\pi - meson negative ions of π\pi - meson atoms and the number of extra bound π\pi - meson increases with the growth of nuclear charge Z. For e.g. for Xe even four times charged negative ion exists. As an example of a simple process with a pion atom, we consider photoionization that differs essentially from that for electron atoms. Namely, it is not monotonic decreasing from the threshold but has a prominent maximum above threshold instead. We study also elastic scattering of pions by π\pi - meson atoms.

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@article{arxiv.1711.01415,
  title  = {On the bosonic atoms},
  author = {M. Ya. Amusia and L. V. Chernysheva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.01415},
  year   = {2018}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures, 1 table

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