Published December 1993 | Version v1
Journal article

Three-dimensional hydrogen atom in crossed magnetic and electric fields

  • 1. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow Region 141980, Russian Federation (Russian Federation)

Description

We give a solution of the three-dimensional Schroedinger equation for the electron of a hydrogen atom in external electric and magnetic fields of arbitrary mutual orientation. The rearrangement of the energy spectrum due to changing in the mutual orientation of the fields is evaluated by using the n=2 multiplet as an example. The calculations agree with second-order perturbation formulas that exist for the special cases of mutually parallel and orthogonal fields. For another special two-dimensional case which is currently being extensively investigated, namely, the hydrogen atom in a strong magnetic field, our approach agrees with calculations by other authors and yields more accurate binding energies for certain low-lying excited states that have been considered

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. A
Journal Volume
48
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 4528-4538.
ISSN
1050-2947
CODEN
PLRAAN

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
25024185
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ANALYTICAL SOLUTION; ATOMS; CROSSED FIELDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SCHROEDINGER EQUATION
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELEMENTS; EQUATIONS; NONMETALS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS