Published December 2013 | Version v1
Journal article

Energy levels of a heavy ion moving in dense plasmas

  • 1. Department of Physics, Shangqiu Normal University, Shangqiu 476000 (China)
  • 2. Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000 (China)
  • 3. Department of Applied Physics, Xian Jiao-Tong University, Xian 710049 (China)
  • 4. College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070 (China)

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In this paper, the potential of a slowly moving test particle moving in collisional dense plasmas is studied. It is composed of the Debye-shielding potential, wake potential, and collision term. The Ritz variational-perturbational method is developed for calculating relativistic binding energy levels of a heavy ion moving in dense plasmas. Binding energy levels of a heavy ion moving in plasmas are calculated. The results show that both non-relativistic energy levels and relativistic energy levels become more negative as the temperature becomes high. They also become more negative as the number density decreasing. Relativistic correction is important for calculating binding energy levels. Both relativistic energy levels and non-relativistic energy levels vary minutely as the speed of heavy ion varies

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Journal Title
Physics of Plasmas
Journal Volume
20
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 122110-122110.13
ISSN
1070-664X
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