Abstract
Positron binding energies (PBEs) of 41 polyatomic molecules were calculated using the positron-electron correlation-polarization potential (CPP) approach and compared with experimentally measured values. In this approach, the short-range positron-electron potential is modeled using the density-functional expression, whereas the long-range potential is approximated by the attractive polarization potential. The positron-electron CPP model based on local-density approximation yields larger PBEs than experimental values; however, the calculated values can be substantially improved by introducing generalized gradient approximation. We also investigated the conformational dependence of PBEs for representative molecules.
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