ON CALCULATION OF THE HYDROGEN NEGATIVE ION BETA SPECTRUM

The wavefunctions of the gxound states of negative hydrogen ion and the 10 first lowest ¹S states of helium atom are calculated by using a general wavefunction expansion form.The beta spectrum of the negative tritium ion is given by calculating a few most important transitions and including the remainder in terms of the closure approximation. Besides,the transition to ¹S(2S²) state is also studied.The result showed that the transition to a double-electron excited state of the helium atom may be very important. It indicates that there probably exists a resonance in the continuous spectrum.