| Abstract: | The effect of Coulomb interaction on the shift of energy levels of the components of air plasma is estimated. For illustrating the procedure of computation, the shift of the energy levels of hydrogen are computed. A simple method of computation of the shift of energy levels is given, which offers the possibility of cutting the computer time by a factor of 10–30. The dependence of the shift of the ground level of atoms of hydrogen, argon, nitrogen, and oxygen on Debye radius D is obtained for 20  D 2000 atomic units.Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, No. 1, pp. 35–39, January–February, 1973.In conclusion, the author thanks V. G. Sevast'yanenko for guidance, advice, and comments, and N. M. Kuznetsov for valuable discussions. |
