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Variational Approach to Hydrogen Atom in Uniform Magnetic Field of Arbitrary Strength

Quantum Physics 2009-11-06 v1

Abstract

Extending the Feynman-Kleinert variational approach, we calculate the temperature-dependent effective classical potential governing the quantum statistics of a hydrogen atom in a uniform magnetic at all temperatures. The zero-temperature limit yields the binding energy of the electron which is quite accurate for all magnetic field strengths and exhibits, in particular, the correct logarithmic growth at large fields.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0005074,
  title  = {Variational Approach to Hydrogen Atom in Uniform Magnetic Field of Arbitrary Strength},
  author = {M. Bachmann and H. Kleinert and A. Pelster},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0005074},
  year   = {2009}
}

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