MPS-RR 2000-14
March 2000

The magnetisation of large atoms in strong magnetic fields

by:

Søren Fournais

Abstract

In this paper we study the asymptotic form of the magnetisation and current of large atoms in strong constant magnetic fields. We prove that the Magnetic Thomas-Fermi theory gives the right magnetisation/current for magnetic field strengths which satisfy B=<Z^{4/3}.

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This paper has now been published in Comm. Math. Phys. 216 (2001), no. 2, 375--393.