Comment on "Gamma-ray spectra from low-energy positron annihilation processes in molecules"
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⚛️ physics.atom-ph
quant-ph
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positronannihilationspectramoleculeswavefunctionanalysisapproximationarticle
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In the article by Ma~\emph{et al.}~[Phys.~Rev.~A {\bf 94}, 052709 (2016)], $\gamma$-ray spectra for positron annihilation on molecules were calculated in the independent-particle approximation with the positron wavefunction set to unity. Based on comparisons with experimental data they concluded that inner valence electrons play a dominant role in positron annihilation. These conclusions are incorrect and resulted from fallacious analysis that ignored the known effect of the positron wavefunction on the spectra.
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