Spectroscopy in Megagauss fields: Theory
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· AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA)
OSTI ID:5699584
- Theoretische Astrophysik, Universitaet Tuebingen, D-7400 Tuebingen (Federal Republic of Germany) Department of Mathematics, Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, Egham, Surrey TW20 OEX (United Kingdom)
We report on how the recent numerical solution of the problem of a hydrogen atom in a magnetic field of arbitrary strength -one of the remaining 'unsolved elementary problems in atomic physics' (Kleppner {ital et} {ital al}.) -has helped in identifying the mysterious line features unexplained for almost five decades in the optical spectrum of the white dwarf star {ital Grw}+70{degree}8247 as due to hydrogen atoms exposed to a magnetic field of {similar to}320 million Gauss, and, at the same time, has laid the foundation for the quantitative spectroscopy of these compact cosmic objects in the magnetic field range up to {similar to}10{sup 3} Megagauss.
- OSTI ID:
- 5699584
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9006278--
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings (American Institute of Physics); (USA) Journal Volume: 216:1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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