The Scott Correction in Dirac–Fock Theory

Søren Fournais*, Mathieu Lewin, Arnaud Triay

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Abstract

We give the first derivation of the Scott correction in the large-Z expansion of the energy of an atom in Dirac–Fock theory without projections.

Original languageEnglish
JournalCommunications in Mathematical Physics
Volume378
Issue1
Pages (from-to)569-600
Number of pages32
ISSN0010-3616
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2020

Keywords

  • ASYMPTOTICS
  • GROUND-STATE ENERGY
  • HEAVY-ATOMS
  • MEAN-FIELD THEORY
  • OPERATORS
  • POLARIZED VACUUM
  • QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
  • SELF-ADJOINT EXTENSIONS
  • STATISTICAL ATOM
  • THOMAS-FERMI MODEL

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  • Semiclassical Quantum Mechanics

    Fournais, S. (PI), Madsen, P. (Participant), Mikkelsen, S. (Participant), Miqueu, J.-P. C. (Participant) & Bley, G. (Participant)

    01/07/201531/12/2020

    Project: Research

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