Abstract
The positron e + is the antiparticle of the electron. It is a spin-1/2 particle, which has the same mass m as the electron, but an electric charge of opposite sign. In this chapter we consider the system called positronium which is an atom consisting of an e + e − pair.
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Basdevant, JL., Dalibard, J. (2000). The Spectrum of Positronium. In: The Quantum Mechanics Solver. Advanced Texts in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04277-9_17
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