{ "id": "2202.01760", "version": "v1", "published": "2022-02-03T18:34:12.000Z", "updated": "2022-02-03T18:34:12.000Z", "title": "Statistical mechanics of Coulomb systems: From electrons and nuclei to atoms and molecules", "authors": [ "Joel L. Lebowitz" ], "categories": [ "math-ph", "math.MP" ], "abstract": "This article is dedicated to Elliott Lieb in celebration of his 90th birthday. I recount briefly some history of our joint work on the existence of the thermodynamic limit for Coulomb systems and discuss, even more briefly, two open problems of fundamental nature.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2022-02-03T18:34:12.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "coulomb systems", "statistical mechanics", "90th birthday", "fundamental nature", "open problems" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 0, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }