Table 2 Calculated transition energies compared with experiment.

From: Si:P as a laboratory analogue for hydrogen on high magnetic field white dwarf stars

State

hνexp (B =30 T), meV

Eth (B =0.9146 B0), Ry

hνth (B =0.9146 B0), meV

hνth− hνexp, %

2p0x

33.50

−0.589

33.72

0.7

2p−

37.89

−0.362

38.26

1.0

3p0x

40.09

−0.254

40.41

0.8

2p±x

43.16

−0.123

43.03

0.3

A

43.19

−0.087

43.75

1.3

B

44.79

−0.015

45.19

0.9

3p−

44.81

0.020

45.89

2.4

4p−

49.04

0.219

49.86

1.7

5p−

52.71

0.400

53.48

1.5

2p+

54.88

0.510

55.67

1.4

  1. The experimental transition energies are from the 30 T data. The theoretical absolute level positions at B=30 T=0.9146B0 are relative to the zero-field continuum edge. The theoretical transition energy was calculated, assuming that the ground state energy is field independent (as described in the text). For comparison, the experimental line width was 0.09 meV (that is, ~0.3%). Transitions A and B are strongly mixed x-valley transitions.
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