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EXISTENCE OF GROUND STATES FOR NEGATIVE IONS AT THE BINDING THRESHOLD

, , , and . Reviews in Mathematical Physics, 26 (1): 1350021 (December 2013)
DOI: 10.1142/S0129055X13500219

Abstract

As the nuclear charge Z is continuously decreased an N-electron atom undergoes a binding-unbinding transition. We investigate whether the electrons remain bound and whether the radius of the system stays finite as the critical value Zc is approached. Existence of a ground state at Zc is shown under the condition Zc < N - K, where K is the maximal number of electrons that can be removed at Zc without changing the energy.

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