Ground State, Isoelectronic Ions and Low-Lying Excited States of Lithium Atom in Strong Magnetic Field

Abstract

In the framework of the variational Monte Carlo method, the ground states of the lithium atom and lithium like ions up to Z = 10 in an external strong magnetic field are evaluated. Furthermore, the two low-lying excited statesof the lithium atom in strong magnetic field are also investigated. Simple trial wave functions for lithium are used.