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We consider an atom described by M\"uller theory, which is similar to Hartree-Fock theory, but with a modified exchange term. We prove that a nucleus of charge Z can bind at most Z+C electrons, where C is a universal constant. Our proof…
We prove that in M\"uller theory, a nucleus of charge $Z$ can bind at most $Z+C$ electrons for a constant $C$ independent of $Z$.
We bound the number of electrons $Q$ that an atom can bind in excess of neutrality for density functionals generalizing the classical Thomas-Fermi-Weizs\"acker functional: instead of the classical power $5/3$ more general powers $p$ are…
Bounds are studied for the maximum number, $N_c$, of electrons that can be bound to $K$ atoms of the total nuclear charge $Z$. It is proved that $N_c < \min\{2Z+1, 1.22Z + 3Z^{1/3}\}$ in Schr\"odinger theory. This improves Lieb's bound $N_c…
We analyze the convergence of the electron density and relative energy with respect to a perfect crystal of a class of volume defects that are compactly contained along one direction while being of infinite extent along the other two using…
We prove the ionization conjecture within the Hartree-Fock theory of atoms. More precisely, we prove that, if the nuclear charge is allowed to tend to infinity, the maximal negative ionization charge and the ionization energy of atoms…
The energy spectra of atomic ions are re-examined from the point of view of Thomas-Fermi scaling relations. For the first ionization potential, which sets the energy scale for the true discrete spectrum, Thomas-Fermi theory predicts the…
We consider the Thomas--Fermi--Dirac--von~Weizs{\"a}cker model for a system composed of infinitely many nuclei placed on a periodic lattice and electrons with a periodic density. We prove that if the Dirac constant is small enough, the…
We give the asymptotic behavior of the ground state energy of Engel's and Dreizler's relativistic Thomas-Fermi-Weizs\"acker-Dirac functional for heavy atoms for fixed ratio of the atomic number and the velocity of light. Using a variation…
We review some results on the ionization conjecture, which says that a neutral atom can bind at most one or two extra electrons.
We consider a molecule described by the Hartree-Fock model without the exchange term. We prove that nuclei of total charge $Z$ can bind at most $Z+C$ electrons, where $C$ is a constant independent of $Z$.
The purpose of this note is to give an elementary derivation of a lower bound on the relativistic Thomas-Fermi-Weizs\"acker-Dirac functional of Thomas-Fermi type and to apply it to get an upper bound on the excess charge of this model.
We prove that the maximum number $N_c$ of non-relativistic electrons that a nucleus of charge $Z$ can bind is less than $1.22Z+3Z^{1/3}$. This improves Lieb's upper bound $N_c<2Z+1$ [{\it Phys. Rev. A} {\bf 29}, 3018-3028 (1984)] when $Z\ge…
We propose a density functional theory of Thomas-Fermi-Dirac-von Weizs\"acker type to describe the response of a single layer of graphene resting on a dielectric substrate to a point charge or a collection of charges some distance away from…
We study atoms with N electrons, and nuclear charge Z. It is well known that the cationic regime, Z > N is qualitatively described by Thomas-Fermi theory. The anionic regime, Z < N, on the other hand, is characterized by an instability…
This paper establishes new bounds on the maximum number of electrons $ N_c(Z) $ that an atom with nuclear charge $Z$ can bind. Specifically, we show that \begin{equation*} N_c(Z) < 1.1185Z + O(Z^{1/3}) \end{equation*} with an explicit bound…
The semi-classical approach leading to the Thomas-Fermi (TF) model provides a simple universal thermodynamic description of the electronic cloud surrounding the nucleus in an atom. This model is known to be exact at the limit of…
We systematically develop a density functional description for the equilibrium properties of a two-dimensional, harmonically trapped, spin-polarized dipolar Fermi gas based on the Thomas-Fermi von Weizs\"acker approximation. We pay…
The Feynman, Metropolis and Teller treatment of compressed atoms is extended to the relativistic regimes. Each atomic configuration is confined by a Wigner-Seitz cell and is characterized by a positive electron Fermi energy. The…
Due to $e^+e^-$-pair production in the field of supercritical $(Z \gg Z_{cr}\approx 170 $) nucleus an electron shell, created out of the vacuum, is formed. The distribution of the vacuum charge in this shell has been determined for…