How Do We Model Positronium in Quantum Mechanics?

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Though very short lived, how do we view the couple? As a single electron shell, distant from the "nucleus"/positron. Are the energy levels the same as if you view it as a positron shell around an electron nucleus? Or do we just model it as a pair of charged particles in QM distribution about a central point.
 
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