The asymptotic electron-number and kinetic-energy conjecture for the Hartree equation

Let u(t)u(t) be the unique solution to the Hartree equation for some u0H1(R3)u_0\in H^1(\mathbb{R}^3), let AZ\mathscr{A}_Z be the global attractor, and let γc\gamma_c be the constant appearing in the attractor bounds. Then, for all r>0r>0, the asymptotic electron-number and kinetic-energy conjecture.

lim suptxru(t,x)2dxsupuAZR3u2=γcZ\limsup_{t\to\infty}\int_{|x|\leqslant r}|u(t,x)|^2\,dx\leqslant\sup_{u\in\mathscr{A}_Z}\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}|u|^2=\gamma_c Z

and

lim suptxru(t,x)2dxsupuAZR3u2γcZ3.\limsup_{t\to\infty}\int_{|x|\leqslant r}|\nabla u(t,x)|^2\,dx\leqslant\sup_{u\in\mathscr{A}_Z}\int_{\mathbb{R}^3}|\nabla u|^2\leqslant\gamma_c Z^3.

Physically, regardless of the initial number of electrons and kinetic energy, at most γcZ\gamma_c Z electrons should remain localized, with universally bounded total kinetic energy. The source notes that the kinetic-energy bound γcZ3\gamma_c Z^3 is not optimal and gives no evidence that the conjecture has been resolved.

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Primary source

Enno Lenzmann and Mathieu Lewin, “Dynamical Ionization Bounds for Atoms”, arXiv:1207.6898 (2012).

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