Multielectronic Atom in Magnetic Field Revisited
Quantum Physics
2007-05-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Atomic Physics
Classical Physics
Abstract
The motion of a multi-electronic atom in an external electro-magnetic field is reconsidered. We prove that according to classical mechanics and electrodynamics, the assumption that the interaction with the magnetic field is described by means of a potential energy is no valid, and the trajectory of the center of mass can be deflected by a magnetic field, even if the internal angular momentum is zero. The characteristic equation of the corresponding hamiltonian is not separable in three degrees of freedom for the hydrogen atom.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0306191,
title = {Multielectronic Atom in Magnetic Field Revisited},
author = {O. Chavoya-Aceves},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0306191},
year = {2007}
}
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11 pages