Abstract
We study the ground-state structural properties of a hydrogen molecule in superstrong magnetic fields (B1012 G) using quantum Monte Carlo (fixed-phase and variational) approaches. We determine that the ground state (spin-triplet) belongs to the sector of total (z-component) angular momentum M=-1 (3Π0), meaning that paramagnetic contributions to the total energy cannot be neglected. This non-time-reversal invariant ground state has a strong interatomic interaction, suggesting that a hydrogen gas under the same physical conditions has a tendency to form strong bonded molecules.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | R3405-R3408 |
| Journal | Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1995 |
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