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Two-Photon Total Annihilation of Molecular Positronium
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⚛️ physics.atom-ph
astro-ph.HEhep-phphysics.chem-ph
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decaygammaannihilationchannelmolecularpositroniumratetwo-photon
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The rate for complete two-photon annihilation of molecular positronium Ps$_{2}$ is reported. This decay channel involves a four-body collision among the fermions forming Ps$_{2}$, and two photons of 1.022 MeV, each, as the final state. The quantum electrodynamics result for the rate of this process is found to be $\Gamma_{Ps_{2} \rightarrow \gamma\gamma}$ = 9.0 $\times 10^{-12}$ s$^{-1}$. This decay channel completes the most comprehensive decay chart for Ps$_{2}$ up to date.
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