Positrons: A Challenge and Opportunity for QMC

The following sections are included:

• Introduction

  • Positrons and Positronium

  • Appropriate Quantum Mechanics

  • Connecting Experiment and Theory

• QMC vs. Basis Expansions of Wave Functions

  • Electron-Positron Correlation

  • Examples from the Older Literature

  • Review of Modern Bound State Calculations

• Prospects for the Future

  • Experiments

  • Calculations

  • Resonances

• Acknowledgements

• References