Effect of dtmu quasi-nucleus structure on energy levels of t(4)

Precise energies of rovibrational states of the exotic hydrogen-like molecule $(dt\mu)Xee$ are of importance for $dt\mu$ resonant formation, which is a key process in the muon-catalyzed fusion cycle. The effect of the internal structure and motion of the $

Furthermore,twoelectronsinthehydrogen-likemolecule(dtµ)Xeemovemuchfasterthantheheavyparticlesd,X,andtµ,whichmakesitpossibletousethefamiliarBorn-Oppenheimer(BO)approximation,i.e.,tosolveelectronicproblemwiththe xedchargedparticlesdandXthusobtainingtheBOenergywhichplaysaroleofthee ectivepoten-tialbetweendandX.Theelectronicexcitations,whichrequireaconsiderableamountofenergy[13],arenottakenintoaccountforthelow-energyprocessesunderconsideration.Asaresult,thedescriptionof(dtµ)Xeeisreducedtosolutionofathree-bodyproblemforthreeparticlestµ,dandX.TheinteractionbetweenchargeddandXisdescribedbythewell-knownBOpotentialforthehydrogenmolecule.Inaccordwiththetreatmentofthetµmesicatomasapoint-likeneutralparticle,thepresentcalculationdoesnotexplicitlyusethetµ+de ectivepotential,rathertheresultisexpressedviathelow-energytµ+dscatteringphaseshiftsandcharacteristicsofthetµmesicmoleculeinthelooselyboundexcitedstate.

The(dtµ)Xeestatesareeithertrueboundstatesornarrowresonancesiftheirenergyisbeloworabovethetµ+DXthreshold.Astheenergyshiftsaremainlydeterminedbythecouplingwithclosedchannels,inthepresentcalculationbothresonancesandboundstatesaretreatedonanequalfootingthusneglectingasmallcontributiontotheenergyshiftswhichcomesfromthecouplingwiththeopentµ+DXchannel.

A.Three-bodydescription

Undertheaboveapproximations,theSchr¨odingerequationforthehydrogen-likemolecule(dtµ)Xeereads

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2µ2 ρ+V1(r)+V2(|ρ βr|)+V(|ρ+αr|) EΨ=0(1)

wheretheJacobicoordinatesrandρarethevectorsfromdtothepoint-likemesicatomtµandfromthesecondnucleusXtothedtµcenterofmass,respectively.Thereducedm1m2m1massesandparametersαandβareµ1=,α=m1+m2+m3

,wherem1,m2andm3arethemassesoftµ,d,andX,respectively.Them1+m2atomicunitsareusedthroughoutthepaperunlessotherisspeci ed.InEq.(1),V(|ρ+αr|)

denotesthewell-knownBOpotentialdescribingtheinteractionbetweenchargeddandXwhiletheshort-rangepotentialsV1(r)andV2(|ρ βr|)describetheinteractionofatµ