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The Dirac-Klein-Gordon system in the strong coupling limit

Analysis of PDEs 2021-10-19 v1

Abstract

We study the Dirac equation coupled to scalar and vector Klein-Gordon fields in the limit of strong coupling and large masses of the fields. We prove convergence of the solutions to those of a cubic non-linear Dirac equation, given that the initial spinors coincide. This shows that in this parameter regime, which is relevant to the relativistic mean-field theory of nuclei, the retarded interaction is well approximated by an instantaneous, local self-interaction. We generalize this result to a many-body Dirac-Fock equation on the space of Hilbert-Schmidt operators.

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@article{arxiv.2110.09087,
  title  = {The Dirac-Klein-Gordon system in the strong coupling limit},
  author = {Jonas Lampart and Loïc Le Treust and Simona Rota Nodari and Julien Sabin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.09087},
  year   = {2021}
}
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