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We present a simple argument which gives a bound on the ionization energy of large atoms that implies the bound on the excess charge of Fefferman and Seco [2].
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Communicated by B. Simon
Supported by a Sloan Dissertation Fellowship. Address from September 1989: Department of Mathematics, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
Supported in part by NSERC Grant N. A7901
Supported by a Danish Research Academy Fellowship and U.S. National Science Foundation Grant PHY-85-15288-A03. Address from September 1989: Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Seco, L.A., Sigal, I.M. & Solovej, J.P. Bound on the ionization energy of large atoms. Commun.Math. Phys. 131, 307–315 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02161416
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