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Debye-Hückel limit of quantum coulomb systems

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In this paper, we consider charge symmetric quantum Coulomb systems with Boltzmann statistics. We prove that the theory of screening of Debye and Hückel is a combined classical and mean field limit of these quantum Coulomb systems.

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    J. R. Fontaine

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Communicated by J. Fröhlich

Supported by the Swiss National Foundation for Scientific Research

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Fontaine, J.R. Debye-Hückel limit of quantum coulomb systems. Commun.Math. Phys. 103, 241–257 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01206938

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