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We give the leading order semiclassical asymptotics for the sum of the negative eigenvalues of the Pauli operator (in dimension two and three) with a strong non-homogeneous magnetic field. As in [LSY-II] for homogeneous field, this result can be used to prove that the magnetic Thomas-Fermi theory gives the leading order ground state energy of large atoms. We develop a new localization scheme well suited to the anisotropic character of the strong magnetic field. We also use the basic Lieb-Thirring estimate obtained in our companion paper [ES-I].
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Received: 11 September 1996 / Accepted: 17 February 1997
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Erdős, L., Solovej, J. Semiclassical Eigenvalue Estimates for the Pauli Operator with Strong Non-Homogeneous Magnetic Fields . Comm Math Phys 188, 599–656 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002200050181
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002200050181