Hydrogen Molecules In Superstrong Magnetic Field: II. Excitation Levels

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1995-10-23

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9510124v1

Phys.Rev. A53 (1996) 152

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Revtex (45 pages), 3 postscript figures; Phys. Rev. A in press

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevA.53.152

We study the energy levels of H$_2$ molecules in a superstrong magnetic field ($B\go 10^{12}$ G), typically found on the surfaces of neutron stars. The interatomic interaction potentials are calculated by a Hartree-Fock method with multi-configurations assuming electrons are in the ground Landau state. Both the aligned configurations and arbitrary orientations of the molecular axis with respect to the magnetic field axis are considered. Different types of molecular excitations are then studied: electronic excitations, aligned (along the magnetic axis) vibrational excitations, transverse vibrational excitations (a constrained rotation of the molecular axis around the magnetic field line). Similar results for the molecular ion H$_2^+$ are also obtained and compared with previous variational calculations. Both numerical results and analytical fitting formulae are given for a wide range of field strengths. In contrast to the zero-field case, it is found that the transverse vibrational excitation energies can be larger than the aligned vibration excitation, and they both can be comparable or larger than the electronic excitations. For $B\go B_{crit}=4.23\times 10^{13}$ G, the Landau energy of proton is appreciable and there is some controversy regarding the dissociation energy of H$_2$. We show that H$_2$ is bound even for $B>>B_{crit}$ and that neither proton has a Landau excitation in the ground molecular state.

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