A convexified energy functional for the Fermi-Amaldi correction (Q977962)
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A convexified energy functional for the Fermi-Amaldi correction (English)
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23 June 2010
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The authors consider a quantum mechanical system of \(N\) electrons in \({\mathbb R}^3\) interacting through Coulomb interaction, with \(N_1\) spin up and \(N_2\) spin down. They study the Thomas-Fermi energy with the Fermi-Amaldi correction. As this functional is not convex, they replace it by a convex minorant \(E\) and they prove that this modified energy has a unique minimizing density provided that \(N_1\) is close to \(N_2\).
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Thomas-Fermi theory
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Fermi-Amaldi correction
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spin polarized system
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constrained minimization
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convex minorant
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degree theory
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