On the leading correction of the Thomas-Fermi model: Lower bound

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Heinz Siedentop1, Rudi Weikard1, A. M. Klaus Müller1
1Carolo-Wilhelmina, Institut für Mathematische Physik, Braunschweig, FRG

Tóm tắt

We prove that the quantum mechanical ground state energy of an atom with nuclear chargeZ can be bounded from below by the sum of the Thomas-Fermi energy of the problem plusq/8Z 2 plus terms of ordero(Z 2 ).

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