One and two-photon detachment cross-sections of Ps^-

Abstract:

We present detailed calculations for one- and two-photon above-threshold detachment (ATD) cross-sections of the negative positronium ion Ps ^- ( e ⁺ e ^- e ^- ), below the threshold of Ps(n = 2), using a configuration interaction (CI) method on a B splines basis. Both the one- and two-photon detachment cross-sections have a form similar to the corresponding spectra of the H^- ion, scaled accordingly. The peak value of the one-photon cross-section agrees very well with the calculations by Bathia and Drachman [1], while it differs from those by Igarashi et al. [2], which give a value of 15% lower. Two-photon detachment cross-sections are also reported.