Thomas-Fermi theory revisited

Elliott H. Lieb; Barry Simon

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.31.681

Thomas-Fermi theory revisited

Elliott H. Lieb
, Barry Simon

Mathematics

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Abstract

We show that the Thomas-Fermi theory is exact for atoms, molecules, and solids as Z→.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	681-683
Number of pages	3
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	31
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.31.681
State	Published - 1973

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General Physics and Astronomy

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