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The $HeH^+$ molecular ion in a magnetic field

Atomic Physics 2009-11-13 v1

Abstract

A detailed study of the low-lying electronic states 1\Si,3\Si,3Π,3\De{}^1\Si,{}^3\Si,{}^3\Pi,{}^3\De of the HeH+\rm{HeH}^+ molecular ion in parallel to a magnetic field configuration (when \al\al-particle and proton are situated on the same magnetic line) is carried out for B=04.414×1013B=0-4.414\times 10^{13} G in the Born-Oppenheimer approximation. The variational method is employed using a physically adequate trial function. It is shown that the parallel configuration is stable with respect to small deviations for \Si\Si-states. The quantum numbers of the ground state depend on the magnetic field strength. The ground state evolves from the spin-singlet 1\Si{}^1\Si state for small magnetic fields B0.5B\lesssim 0.5 a.u. to the spin-triplet 3\Si{}^3\Si unbound state for intermediate fields and to the spin-triplet strongly bound 3Π^3\Pi state for B15B \gtrsim 15 a.u. When the HeH+\rm{HeH}^+ molecular ion exists, it is stable with respect to a dissociation.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0703090,
  title  = {The $HeH^+$ molecular ion in a magnetic field},
  author = {A. V. Turbiner and N. L. Guevara},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0703090},
  year   = {2009}
}

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13 pages, 5 figures, 4 tables