Estimating the Accuracy of the Variational Energy: Zeeman Effect in Hydrogen Atom

For a hydrogen atom subjected to a constant magnetic field, we report the first numerical realization of the two-dimensional Non-Linearization Procedure (NLP) to estimate the accuracy of the variational energy associated with a trial function. Relevant equations of the NLP, which resemble those describing a dielectric medium with a space-dependent permittivity, are solved numerically with high accuracy using an orthogonal collocation method. As an illustration, we consider the trial function proposed in del Valle et al., Phys. Rev. A 103, (2021) 032820, and establish the accuracy of the variational energy and the local accuracy of the trial function for a strength of the magnetic field γ=1 a.u. Additionally, we investigate the accuracy of the cusp parameter and quadrupole moment calculated by means of the trial function.