Absorption spectra from the n = 3 manifold states of Li atoms in magnetic fields of white dwarfs

Abstract

ABSTRACT The two-dimensional B-spline approach recently developed has been applied to calculations of absorption spectra from the n = 3 manifold states of Li atoms in magnetic fields of white dwarfs. A total of 28 magnetized atomic states of five symmetries, 20±, 2(− 1)±, and 2(− 2)+, for this atomic system are involved in the current calculations. Wavelengths and oscillator strengths are presented for 60 transitions as a function of magnetic fields ranging from 2.35 to 2350 MG, typical of magnetic white dwarfs. Zeeman spectral lines of all these transitions lie in the region of ultraviolet, visible light, and infrared except for the six transitions, in which energy levels of the initial and final states are inversed at some magnetic field strength. Our results in the field-free case are compared to available data in the literature. Excellent agreement is observed between our spectral data and those from the NIST data base as well as the other theoretical calculations in the field-free case. The present spectral data are applicable to modelling discrete atomic spectral lines in the magnetic white dwarf atmospheres with lithium included.