The stability of matter in quantum mechanics

The Stability of Matter in Quantum Mechanics

Volumn 9780521191180, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-289

  Lieb, Elliott H ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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COULOMB SYSTEMS; EQUILIBRIUM STATISTICAL MECHANICS; GRADUATE COURSE; GRAVITATIONAL STABILITIES; MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS; QUANTIZED FIELDS; SPECTRAL THEORY; THERMODYNAMIC LIMITS;

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511819681     Document Type: Book

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