Some results on the Thomas-Fermi-Dirac-von Weizsäcker model (Q2365640)

We study the following minimization problem: \[ I_\lambda= \inf\Biggl\{ E(\rho): \rho\geq 0,\;\sqrt\rho\in H^1,\;\int_{\mathbb{R}^3} \rho= \lambda\Biggr\}, \] where \[ E(\rho)= \int_{\mathbb{R}^3} |\nabla \sqrt\rho|^2+ \int_{\mathbb{R}^3} V\rho+ c_1 \int_{\mathbb{R}^3} \rho^{5/3}- c_2 \int_{\mathbb{R}^3} \rho^{4/3}+ {1\over 2} \int_{\mathbb{R}^3\times \mathbb{R}^3} {\rho(x) \rho(y)\over |x- y|} dx dy. \] In these formulas, \(E\) is the Thomas-Fermi-Dirac-von Weizsäcker energy, \(\rho\) represents the electron density, \(c_1\) and \(c_2\) are two nonnegative parameters, \(V\) is the Coulombian potential created by the nuclei (of total charge \(Z\)); that is, \(V(x)= - \sum^N_{i= 1} {z_i\over |x- x_i|}\), with \(\sum^N_{i= 1} z_i= Z\), \((x_i)_{i= 1,\dots, N}\) fixed. Under some conditions on the number of electrons and on parameters of the model, we prove the existence and uniqueness of the minimum and the convexity of the infimum.