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The purpose of this paper is to announce the proof (within Hartree-Fock theory) of what is often called the ionization conjecture. It states that the size, maximal excess charge, and ionization energy of atoms are bounded independently of the atomic number.
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Solovej, J.P. (1996). The Size of Atoms in Hartree-Fock Theory. In: Hörmander, L., Melin, A. (eds) Partial Differential Equations and Mathematical Physics. Progress in Nonlinear Differential Equations and Their Applications, vol 21. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0775-7_20
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