Bound and resonant states of muonic few-body Coulomb systems: Extended stochastic variational approach
Phys. Rev. A 113, 032815 – Published 23 March, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/zld1-bzl5
Abstract
We compute the bound and resonant states of hydrogen-like muonic ions (, , ), three-body muonic molecular ions (, , , , , ), and four-body double-muonic hydrogen molecules () using an extended stochastic variational method combined with complex scaling. The approach provides a unified treatment of bound and quasibound states and achieves an energy accuracy better than across all systems studied. Complete spectra below the corresponding atomic thresholds are obtained, including several previously unresolved shallow resonances in both three- and four-body sectors.