{"paper":{"title":"Thermal dissociation of dipositronium: path integral Monte Carlo approach","license":"http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["physics.atom-ph"],"primary_cat":"physics.comp-ph","authors_text":"Ilkka Kyl\\\"anp\\\"a\\\"a, Tapio T. Rantala","submitted_at":"2008-12-29T14:49:25Z","abstract_excerpt":"Path integral Monte Carlo simulation of the dipositronium \"molecule\" Ps$_2$ reveals its surprising thermal instability. Although, the binding energy is $\\sim 0.4$ eV, due to the strong temperature dependence of its free energy Ps$_2$ dissociates, or does not form, above $\\sim 1000$ K, except for high densities where a small fraction of molecules are in equilibrium with Ps atoms. This prediction is consistent with the recently reported first observation of stable Ps$_2$ molecules by Cassidy & Mills Jr., Nature {\\bf 449}, 195 (07), and Phys.Rev.Lett. {\\bf 100}, 013401 (08); at temperatures below"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"0812.4900","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}