Dynamical neutrality conjecture for Thomas–Fermi theory

Let c0>0c_0>0 be fixed, and consider the time-dependent Thomas–Fermi system

{tφ=12(φ)2+c0ρ2/3Zx1+ρx1,tρ=(ρφ).\begin{cases} \partial_t\varphi=\frac{1}{2}(\nabla\varphi)^2+c_0\rho^{2/3}-Z|x|^{-1}+\rho*|x|^{-1},\\ \partial_t\rho=\nabla(\rho\nabla\varphi). \end{cases}

Thomas–Fermi dynamical neutrality conjecture. For every initial state (φ0,ρ0)(\varphi_0,\rho_0) satisfying 0ρ0L1(R3)L5/3(R3)0\leqslant\rho_0\in L^1(\mathbb{R}^3)\cap L^{5/3}(\mathbb{R}^3) and ρ0φ0L2(R3)\sqrt{\rho_0}|\nabla\varphi_0|\in L^2(\mathbb{R}^3), and for every R>0R>0,

lim supT1T0TxRρ(x,t)dxdtZ.\limsup_{T\to\infty}\frac{1}{T}\int_0^T\int_{|x|\leqslant R}\rho(x,t)\,\mathrm{d}x\,\mathrm{d}t\leqslant Z.

This is the Thomas–Fermi analogue of the dynamical Hartree conjecture and is presented as open.

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Phan Thành Nam, “The ionization problem in quantum mechanics”, arXiv:2206.15393 (2022).

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