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The carbon atom in intense magnetic fields

Atomic Physics 2015-06-22 v1

Abstract

The energy levels of the first few low-lying states of carbon in intense magnetic fields upwards of 107\approx 10^7 T are calculated in this study. We extend our previously employed pseudospectral approach for calculating the eigenstates of the carbon atom. We report data for the ground state and a low-lying state that are in good agreement with findings elsewhere, as well as new data for ten other states of the carbon atom that have not been investigated until now. It is seen that these hitherto uninvestigated states also become strongly bound with increasing magnetic field strengths. The data presented in this study are relevant for astrophysical applications, such as magnetized white dwarf and neutron star spectral analysis as well as opacity calculations and absorption features, including in the context of material accreting onto the surfaces of these compact objects.

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@article{arxiv.1409.3607,
  title  = {The carbon atom in intense magnetic fields},
  author = {Anand Thirumalai and Steven J. Desch and Patrick Young},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.3607},
  year   = {2015}
}

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10 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1203.3437

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