https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2011-20365-y
Regular Article
Magneto-electric response functions for simple atomic systems
University Grenoble 1/CNRS, LPMMC UMR 5493,
25 rue des Martyrs, Maison des
Magistères, 38042
Grenoble,
France
a e-mail: bart.van-tiggelen@grenoble.cnrs.fr
Received:
20
June
2011
Published online:
25
November
2011
We consider a simple atomic two-body bound state system that is overall charge neutral and placed in a static electric and magnetic field, and calculate the magneto-electric response function as a function of frequency. This is done from first principles using a two-particle Hamiltonian for both an harmonic oscillator and Coulomb binding potential. In the high frequency limit, the response function falls off as 1/ω2 whilst at low frequencies it tends to a constant value.
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