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The ionization conjecture for atomic models states that the ionization energy and maximal excess charge are bounded by constants independent of the nuclear charge. We prove this for the Hartree-Fock model without the exchange term.
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Work supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation grant DMS-9002416
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Solovej, J.P. Proof of the ionization conjecture in a reduced Hartree-Fock model. Invent. math. 104, 291–311 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01245077
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