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This talk reviews several aspects of the "semirelativistic" description of bound states by the spinless Salpeter equation (which represents the simplest equation of motion incorporating relativistic effects) and, in particular, presents or…
The non-relativistic electronic Hamiltonian, H(a)= Hkin + Hne + aHee, extended with coupling strength parameter (a), allows to switch the electron-electron repulsion energy off and on. First, the easier a=0 case is solved and the solution…
We prove semi-classical resolvent estimates for real-valued potentials V $\in$ L $\infty$ (R n), n $\ge$ 3, of the form V = VL + VS, where VL is a long-range potential which is C 1 with respect to the radial variable, while VS is a…
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Central D-dimensional Hamiltonians $H = p^2 + a |\vec{r}|^2 + b |\vec{r}|^4 + >... + z |\vec{r}|^{4q+2}$ (where z=1) are considered in the limit $D \to \infty$ where numerical experiments revealed recently a new class of q-parametric…
We solve the Dirac equation approximately for the attractive scalar $S(r)$ and repulsive vector $V(r)$ Hulth\'{e}n potentials including a Coulomb-like tensor potential with arbitrary spin-orbit coupling quantum number $\kappa .$ In the…
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Within the framework of nonrelativisitic quantum electrodynamics we consider a single nucleus and $N$ electrons coupled to the radiation field. Since the total momentum $P$ is conserved, the Hamiltonian $H$ admits a fiber decomposition with…
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