Locality of the Thomas-Fermi-von Weizsäcker equations (Q524307)

The authors present a pointwise stability estimate for the Thomas-Fermi-von Weizsäcker (TFW) model (i.e., a Schrödinger-Poisson system), which establishes that a local perturbation of a nuclear arrangement also results in a local response in the electron density and electro-static potential. The proof adapts the arguments for existence and uniqueness of solutions to the TFW equations in the thermodynamic limit by \textit{I. Catto} et al. [The mathematical theory of thermodynamic limits: Thomas-Fermi type models. Oxford: Clarendon Press (1998; Zbl 0938.81001)]. The article also contains several further results from the locality and stability result given here. These include an exponential convergence rate for the thermodynamic limit, partition of total energy into exponentially localized site energies, and generalized and strengthened results on the charge neutrality of local defects.