Phys. Rev. A 66, 023409 (2002) [6 pages]H32+ molecular ion in a strong magnetic field: Triangular configurationReceived 5 March 2002; published 26 August 2002 The existence of the molecular ion H32+ in a magnetic field in a triangular configuration is revised. A variational method with an optimization of the form of the vector potential (gauge fixing) is used. It is shown that in the range of magnetic fields 108<B<1011G the system (pppe), with the protons forming an equilateral triangle perpendicular to the magnetic line, has a well-pronounced minimum in the total energy. This configuration is unstable under the decays (Hatom)+p+p and H2++p. The triangular configuration of H32+ complements H32+ in the linear configuration that exists for B≳1010G. © 2002 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.66.023409
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.66.023409
PACS:
32.60.+i, 31.15.Pf, 31.10.+z, 97.10.Ld
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