Bound state properties of four-body muonic quasi-atoms

Abstract: Total energies and various bound state properties are determined for the ground states in all six four-body muonic $$a^{+} b^{+} \mu^{-} e<sup>{-}$$ quasi-atoms. These quasi-atoms contain two nuclei of the hydrogen isotopes $p^{+}, d^{+}, t<sup>{+}$, one negatively charged muon $\mu<sup>{-}$ and one electron $e<sup>{-}$. In general, each of the four-body muonic $$a^{+} b^{+} \mu^{-} e<sup>{-}$$ quasi-atoms, where $(a, b) = (p, d, t)$, can be considered as the regular one-electron (hydrogen) atom with the complex nucleus $a^{+} b^{+} \mu<sup>{-}$ which has a finite number of bound states. Furthermore, all properties of such quasi-nuclei $a^{+} b^{+} \mu<sup>{-}$ are determined from highly accurate computations performed for the three-body muonic ions $a^{+} b^{+} \mu<sup>{-}$ with the use of pure Coulomb interaction potentials between particles. It is shown that the bound state spectra of such quasi-atoms are similar to the spectrum of the regular hydrogen atoms, but there are a few important differences. Such differences can be used in future experiments to improve the overall accuracy of current evaluations of various properties of hydrogen-like systems, including the lowest-order relativistic and QED corrections.