{
  "id": "math-ph/0603079",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2006-03-29T18:31:57.000Z",
  "updated": "2006-03-29T18:31:57.000Z",
  "title": "The Ground State Energy of Heavy Atoms According to Brown and Ravenhall: Absence of Relativistic Effects in Leading Order",
  "authors": [
    "Roch Cassanas",
    "Heinz Siedentop"
  ],
  "journal": "J. Phys. A 39 (2006), no. 33, 10405--10414",
  "doi": "10.1088/0305-4470/39/33/010",
  "categories": [
    "math-ph",
    "math.MP"
  ],
  "abstract": "It is shown that the ground state energy of heavy atoms is, to leading order, given by the non-relativistic Thomas-Fermi energy. The proof is based on the relativistic Hamiltonian of Brown and Ravenhall which is derived from quantum electrodynamics yielding energy levels correctly up to order $\\alpha^2$Ry.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2006-03-29T18:31:57.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "81V45"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "ground state energy",
      "heavy atoms",
      "leading order",
      "relativistic effects",
      "yielding energy levels"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "journal": "Journal of Physics A Mathematical General",
      "year": 2006,
      "month": "Aug",
      "volume": 39,
      "number": 33,
      "pages": 10405
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2006JPhA...3910405C"
    }
  }
}