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Coulomb problem for a Z>Zcr

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a National Research Nuclear University ‘MEPhI’, Kashirskoe shosse 31, Moscow, 115409, Russian Federation
b Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Fizicheskaya 5, Troitsk, Moscow, 108840, Russian Federation
c Russian Federation State Scientific Center ‘A.I. Alikhanov Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics’, ul. Bolshaya Cheremushkinskaya 25, Moscow, 117259, Russian Federation

A closed form equation is derived for the critical nucleus charge, i.e. for the value Z=Zcr at which the discrete level with the Dirac quantum number touches the lower continuum of Dirac equation solutions. For a Coulomb potential cut off rectangularly at a small distance r0 = Rħ/(mc), R ⪡ 1, the critical nucleus charge values are obtained for several values of κ and R. It is shown that the partial scattering matrix of the elastic positron-nucleus scattering, Sκ = exp (2iδκ(εp)), is also unitary for Z>Zcr. For this range, the scattering phase δκ(εp) is calculated as a function of the positron energy Ep = εpmc2, as are the positions and widths of quasidiscrete levels corresponding to the scattering matrix poles. The implication is that the single-particle approximation for the Dirac equation is valid not only for ZZcr and that there is no spontaneous creation of e+e− pairs from vacuum.

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Keywords: the Coulomb problem, pointlike nucleus, boundary conditions, critical charge, scattering phase, Breit—Wigner resonance
PACS: 03.65.Pm, 12.20.−m, 73.22.Pr (all)
DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0185.201508d.0845
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2015/8/d/
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Citation: Kuleshov V M, Mur V D, Narozhnyi N B, Fedotov A M, Lozovik Yu E, Popov V S "Coulomb problem for a Z>Zcr" Phys. Usp. 58 785–791 (2015)
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Received: 16th, June 2015, 23rd, June 2015

Îðèãèíàë: Êóëåøîâ Â Ì, Ìóð Â Ä, Íàðîæíûé Í Á, Ôåäîòîâ À Ì, Ëîçîâèê Þ Å, Ïîïîâ Â Ñ «Êóëîíîâñêàÿ çàäà÷à ñ çàðÿäîì ÿäðà Z>Zcr» ÓÔÍ 185 845–852 (2015); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0185.201508d.0845

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