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Binding energy for hydrogen-like atoms in the Nelson model without cutoffs

Mathematical Physics 2007-05-23 v1 math.MP

Abstract

In the Nelson model particles interact through a scalar massless field. For hydrogen-like atoms there is a nucleus of infinite mass and charge ZeZe, Z>0Z > 0, fixed at the origin and an electron of mass mm and charge ee. This system forms a bound state with binding energy Ebin=me4Z2/2E_{\rm bin} = me^4Z^2/2 to leading order in ee. We investigate the radiative corrections to the binding energy and prove upper and lower bounds which imply that Ebin=me4Z2/2+c0e6+\Ow(e7lne) E_{\rm bin} = me^4 Z^2/2 + c_0 e^6 + \Ow(e^7 \ln e) with explicit coefficient c0c_0 and independent of the ultraviolet cutoff. c0c_0 can be computed by perturbation theory, which however is only formal since for the Nelson Hamiltonian the smallest eigenvalue sits exactly at the bottom of the continuous spectrum.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0312025,
  title  = {Binding energy for hydrogen-like atoms in the Nelson model without cutoffs},
  author = {Christian Hainzl and Masao Hirokawa and Herbert Spohn},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0312025},
  year   = {2007}
}

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30 pages, AMSLatex

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