The mean-field approximation in quantum electrodynamics: The no-photon case

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 546-596

  Hainzl, Christian ^a   Lewin, Mathieu ^a   Solovej, Jan Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 33847745752     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: 00103640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpa.20145     Document Type: Article

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