A short proof of the ionization conjecture in Müller theory

2018/07/31 by Frank, Rupert L., Nam, Phan Thành, Bosch, Hanne van den · 1 citation
#Analysis of PDEs (math.AP) #FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #Mathematical Physics (math-ph)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1807.11690

Abstract

We prove that in Müller theory, a nucleus of charge Z can bind at most Z+C electrons for a constant C independent of Z.

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