Abstract
Let Ncdenote the maximum number of electrons that can be bound to an atom of nuclear charge z, in the Thomas-Fermi-von Weizsacker theory. It is proved that Nccannot exceed z by more than one, and thus this theory is in agreement with experimental facts about real atoms. A similar result is proved for molecules, i.e. Nccannot exceed the total nuclear charge by more than the number of atoms in the molecule.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Article number | 006 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1045-1059 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1985 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
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