Hydrogen atom moving across a strong magnetic field: analytical approximations
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Analytical approximations are constructed for binding energies, quantum-mechanical sizes and oscillator strengths of main radiative transitions of hydrogen atoms arbitrarily moving in magnetic fields ∼ 1012–1013 G. Examples of using the obtained approximations for determination of maximum transverse velocity of an atom and for the evaluation of absorption spectra in magnetic neutron-star atmospheres are presented.
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Se p 19 98 Hydrogen atom moving across a strong magnetic field : analytical approximations
Analytical approximations are constructed for binding energies, quantum-mechanical sizes and oscillator strengths of main radiative transitions of hydrogen atoms arbitrarily moving in magnetic fields ∼ 10 12 − 10 13 G. Examples of using the obtained approximations for determination of maximum transverse velocity of an atom and for evaluation of absorption spectra in magnetic neutron star atmosp...
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