The ground state of the Lithium atom in strong magnetic fields
Abstract
The ground and some excited states of the Li atom in external uniform magnetic fields are calculated by means of our 2D mesh Hartree-Fock method for field strengths ranging from zero up to 2.35 108 T. With increasing field strength the ground state undergoes two transitions involving three different electronic configurations: for weak fields the ground state configuration arises from the field-free 1s22s configuration, for intermediate fields from the 1s22p-1 configuration and in high fields the 1s2p-13d-2 electronic configuration is responsible for the properties of the atom. The transition field strengths are determined. Calculations on the ground state of the Li+ ion allow us to describe the field-dependent ionization energy of the Li atom. Some general arguments on the ground states of multi-electron atoms in strong magnetic fields are provided.
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