Critical stability and quantum phase transition of two-electron system under exponential-cosine-screened-Coulomb interaction

The stability of two electron system under the influence of the exponential-cosine-screened-Coulomb (ECSC) potential has been studied as a function of continuously varying nuclear charge ( Z ) and screening constant ( μ ). Inter-electronic correlation has explicitly been considered by adopting Hylle...

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Published in:The European physical journal. D, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics Atomic, molecular, and optical physics, 2020-10, Vol.74 (10), Article 210
Main Authors: Sadhukhan, Anjan, Nayek, Sujay Kr, Saha, Jayanta K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory
Atomic
Comparative studies
Molecular
Optical and Plasma Physics
Phase transitions
Physical Chemistry
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum Information Technology
Quantum Physics
Regular Article
Spectroscopy/Spectrometry
Spintronics
Stability
Trigonometric functions
Wave functions
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Summary:The stability of two electron system under the influence of the exponential-cosine-screened-Coulomb (ECSC) potential has been studied as a function of continuously varying nuclear charge ( Z ) and screening constant ( μ ). Inter-electronic correlation has explicitly been considered by adopting Hylleraas type basis set under Ritz variational framework. The correlated basis integrals originating from the elements of Hamiltonian and overlap matrices are evaluated analytically. Critical nuclear charges ( Z c ), the minimum amount of nuclear charge required to form at least one bound state, corresponding to different μ values have been predicted. Different structural properties along with two-particle densities (TPD) for all possible orientations of the electrons have been estimated using the optimized wave function. Prominent signature of quantum phase transition (QPT) of the system around the Z c values has been reported. A comparative study has been done on the critical stability of the system under the influence of ECSC potential, screened Coulomb (SC) potential and pure Coulomb (PC) potential. Graphical abstract
ISSN:1434-6060
1434-6079
DOI:10.1140/epjd/e2020-10328-8