The ground-state energy of heavy atoms according to Brown and Ravenhall: Absence of relativistic effects in leading order

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General

Volumn 39, Issue 33, 2006, Pages 10405-10414

  Cassanas, Roch ^a   Siedentop, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 33746896221     PISSN: 03054470     EISSN: 13616447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0305-4470/39/33/010     Document Type: Article

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