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October 1998




On the asymptotic exactness of Thomas-Fermi theory in the thermodynamic limit

by:

Jan Philip Solovej

Pedro Balodis Matesanz

Abstract

In this paper we obtain a new version of stability of matter, which in particular shows that Thomas-Fermi theory is asymptotically correct in the limit of large nuclear charges uniformly in the number of nuclei. As a consequence we give a new lower bound on the volume of matter with an improved dependence on the nuclear charges.

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This paper has now been published in Ann. Henri Poincaré 1 (2000), no. 2, 281-306