An effective potential method for the calculation of hydrogen molecule ion energy in a strong magnetic field

Using the adiabatic approximation and adiabatic variational approximation with an effective potential, the total energies and the equilibrium internuclear separations of H₂⁺ ion in states \sigma_g, \pi_u, \delta_g, \phi_u, \gamma_g, \eta_u in strong magnetic fields have been calculated. Our results reproduced those obtained by Vincke and Baye (Vincke M and Baye D 1985 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Phys. 18 167), which are considered the most reliable. We found a basic function with better convergence than the Landau functions.