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The general motivation for studying positronium (e+eā) is similar to that discussed in the accompanying short article on muonium. Positronium is the bound state of a particle (eā) and its antiparticle (e+) which interact through the electromagnetic interaction. Perhaps the most special feature about positronium is that its quantitative understanding requires the full use of a relativistic two-body bound state equation; because the positron and electron masses are equal, recoil contributions are of central important to positronium. Several review articles on fundamental studies of positronium have appeared in recent year (Hughes 1969, 1973; Mills et al., 1977).
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Hughes, V.W. (1980). Positronium. In: Crowe, K., Duclos, J., Fiorentini, G., Torelli, G. (eds) Exotic Atoms ā79 Fundamental Interactions and Structure of Matter. Ettore Majorana International Science Series, vol 4. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3042-4_2
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