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 , 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 has the finite value .
Cite
@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