Separation of centre-of-mass motion for a charged two-body system in a homogeneous magnetic field
- 1 October 1983
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 16 (14) , 3207-3218
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/16/14/016
Abstract
Exact centre-of-mass separation is performed for the problem of a charged two-body system in a homogeneous magnetic field. Common eigenstates of three exact and approximate constants of motion are constructed in the creation and annihilation operator formalism. Their expression as an infinite series in coordinate representation is obtained using two real linear canonical transformations. An expansion of the wavefunction in this eigenstate basis provides an infinite system of differential equations for the relative motion. This system of equations differs from the infinite nucleus mass approximation by the existence of small terms which couple states with different values of the magnetic quantum number. The usual limitation of the number of electron Landau states leads to a finite number of coupled equations.Keywords
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