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Atomic levels in superstrong magnetic fields and D=2 QED of massive electrons: screening

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2014-11-21 v1 Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Atomic Physics

Abstract

The photon polarization operator in superstrong magnetic fields induces the dynamical photon "mass" which leads to screening of Coulomb potential at small distances z1/mz\ll 1/m, mm is the mass of an electron. We demonstrate that this behaviour is qualitatively different from the case of D=2 QED, where the same formula for a polarization operator leads to screening at large distances as well. Because of screening the ground state energy of the hydrogen atom at the magnetic fields Bm2/e3B \gg m^2/e^3 has the finite value E0=me4/2ln2(1/e6)E_0 = -me^4/2 \ln^2(1/e^6).

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@article{arxiv.1005.5695,
  title  = {Atomic levels in superstrong magnetic fields and D=2 QED of massive electrons: screening},
  author = {M. I. Vysotsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.5695},
  year   = {2014}
}

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12 pages, 2 figures