Vacuum polarization in Uranium
Mathematical Physics
2022-10-31 v6 math.MP
Atomic Physics
Abstract
We formulate the Hartree-Fock method using a functional integral approach. Then we consider a nonperturbative component of the vacuum polarization. For the Dirac-Coulomb operator the renormalization flow of the vacuum polarization is calculated numerically. For the Hartree-Fock operator the polarization is obtained by integrating an appropriately rescaled flow. The text includes an approximate calculation of the vacuum polarization in Uranium.
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@article{arxiv.1912.03472,
title = {Vacuum polarization in Uranium},
author = {Alexander Efremov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.03472},
year = {2022}
}