Abstract
We show that the ground state energy \(E_\mathrm {M}(Z)\) of the Müller functional of (neutral) atoms of atomic number \(Z\) equals to the quantum mechanical ground state energy \(E_\mathrm {S}(Z)\) up order \(o(Z^{5/3})\), i.e., \( E_\mathrm {M}(Z)= E_\mathrm {S}(Z)+ o(Z^{5/3}). \)
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©Heinz Siedentop. Based on a translation of J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 42, 085201 (2009), doi:10.1088/1751-8113/42/8/085201.
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Here and in the following \(\mathrm {C}\) denote a generic constant.
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Note the operator \(P\) introduced this way is no projection.
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Siedentop, H. (2014). The Quantum Energy Agrees with the Müller Energy up to Third Order. In: Bach, V., Delle Site, L. (eds) Many-Electron Approaches in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Mathematical Physics Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06379-9_11
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