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Using dilation invariance and dilation analytic techniques, and with the help of a new virial theorem, we give a detailed description of the spectral properties of the operator (p 2+m 2)1/2−Ze 2/r. In the process the norm of the operator ∣x∣α∣p∣−α is calculated explicitly inL p(®N).
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Communicated by W. Hunziker
Supported in part by NSF Grant MPS 74 22844
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Herbst, I.W. Spectral theory of the operator (p 2+m 2)1/2−Ze 2/r . Commun.Math. Phys. 53, 285–294 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01609852
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01609852