Variational methods in relativistic quantum mechanics

M Esteban, M Lewin, E Séré - Bulletin of the American Mathematical …, 2008 - ams.org
This review is devoted to the study of stationary solutions of linear and nonlinear equations
from relativistic quantum mechanics, involving the Dirac operator. The solutions are found as …

The Scott conjecture for large Coulomb systems: a review

RL Frank, K Merz, H Siedentop - Letters in Mathematical Physics, 2023 - Springer
We review some older and more recent results concerning the energy and particle
distribution in ground states of heavy Coulomb systems. The reviewed results are asymptotic …

Existence of a stable polarized vacuum in the Bogoliubov-Dirac-Fock approximation

C Hainzl, M Lewin, É Séré - Communications in mathematical physics, 2005 - Springer
According to Dirac's ideas, the vacuum consists of infinitely many virtual electrons which
completely fill up the negative part of the spectrum of the free Dirac operator D 0. In the …

Hartree--Fock Theory, Lieb's Variational Principle, and their Generalizations

V Bach - arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.10189, 2022 - arxiv.org
Hartree--Fock theory in quantum mechanics is reviewed, from the proposal of the Hartree--
Fock approximation right after quantum mechanics was formulated to its applications in …

A new definition of the Dirac–Fock ground state

E Séré - Communications in Mathematical Physics, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The Dirac–Fock (DF) model replaces the Hartree–Fock (HF) approximation in
quantum chemistry when relativistic effects cannot be neglected. Since the Dirac operator is …

Some bound state problems in quantum mechanics

D Hundertmark - Proceedings of Symposia in Pure Mathematics, 2007 - books.google.com
We give a review of semi-classical estimates for bound states and their eigenvalues for
Schrödinger operators. Motivated by the classical results, we discuss their recent …

Hartree–Fock theory for pseudorelativistic atoms

A Dall'Acqua, TØ Sørensen, E Stockmeyer - Annales Henri Poincaré, 2008 - Springer
We study the Hartree–Fock model for pseudorelativistic atoms, that is, atoms where the
kinetic energy of the electrons is given by the pseudo-relativistic operator (|\bf p| c)^ 2+(mc …

A rigorous justification of the Mittleman's approach to the Dirac–Fock model

L Meng - Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential …, 2024 - Springer
In this paper, we study the relationship between the Dirac–Fock model and the electron-
positron Hartree–Fock model. We justify the Dirac–Fock model as a variational …

Ground state and charge renormalization in a nonlinear model of relativistic atoms

P Gravejat, M Lewin, É Séré - Communications in mathematical physics, 2009 - Springer
We study the reduced Bogoliubov-Dirac-Fock (BDF) energy which allows to describe
relativistic electrons interacting with the Dirac sea, in an external electrostatic potential. The …

Solutions to quasi-relativistic multi-configurative Hartree–Fock equations in quantum chemistry

C Argaez, M Melgaard - Nonlinear Analysis: Theory, Methods & …, 2012 - Elsevier
We establish the existence of infinitely many distinct solutions to the multi-configurative
Hartree–Fock type equations for N-electron Coulomb systems with quasi-relativistic kinetic …