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Tuesday Seminar of Analysis
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| Date, time & place | Tuesday 16:00 - 17:30 156Room #156 (Graduate School of Math. Sci. Bldg.) |
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| Organizer(s) | ISHIGE Kazuhiro, SAKAI Hidetaka, ITO Kenichi |
Next seminar
2024/05/14
16:00-17:00 Room #128 (Graduate School of Math. Sci. Bldg.)
Heinz Siedentop (LMU University of Munich)
The Energy of Heavy Atoms: Density Functionals (English)
https://forms.gle/ZEyVso6wa9QpNfxH7
Heinz Siedentop (LMU University of Munich)
The Energy of Heavy Atoms: Density Functionals (English)
[ Abstract ]
Since computing the energy of a system with $N$ particles requires solving a $4^N$ dimensional system of (pseudo-)differential equations in $3N$ independent variables, an analytic solution is practically impossible. Therefore density functionals, i.e., functionals that depend on the particle density (3 variables) only and yield the energy upon minimization, are of great interest.
This concept has been applied successfully in non-relativistic quantum mechanics. However, in relativistic quantum mechanics even the simple analogue of the Thomas-Fermi functional is not bounded from below for Coulomb potential. This problem was addressed eventually by Engel and Dreizler who derived a functional from QED. I will review some known mathematical properties of this functional and show that it yields basic features of physics, such as asymptotic correct energy, stability of matter, and boundedness of the excess charge.
[ Reference URL ]Since computing the energy of a system with $N$ particles requires solving a $4^N$ dimensional system of (pseudo-)differential equations in $3N$ independent variables, an analytic solution is practically impossible. Therefore density functionals, i.e., functionals that depend on the particle density (3 variables) only and yield the energy upon minimization, are of great interest.
This concept has been applied successfully in non-relativistic quantum mechanics. However, in relativistic quantum mechanics even the simple analogue of the Thomas-Fermi functional is not bounded from below for Coulomb potential. This problem was addressed eventually by Engel and Dreizler who derived a functional from QED. I will review some known mathematical properties of this functional and show that it yields basic features of physics, such as asymptotic correct energy, stability of matter, and boundedness of the excess charge.
https://forms.gle/ZEyVso6wa9QpNfxH7
