Physics – Mathematical Physics
Scientific paper
2010-05-12
J. Math. Phys. 52, 123501 (2011)
Physics
Mathematical Physics
Completely revised second version presenting alternative proofs and improved results. 43 pages
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.3658863
We consider a hydrogen-like atom in a quantized electromagnetic field which is modeled by means of a no-pair operator acting in the positive spectral subspace of the free Dirac operator minimally coupled to the quantized vector potential. We prove that the infimum of the spectrum of the no-pair operator is an evenly degenerate eigenvalue. In particular, we show that the bottom of its spectrum is strictly less than its ionization threshold. These results hold true, for arbitrary values of the fine-structure constant and the ultra-violet cut-off and for all Coulomb coupling constants less than the critical one of the Brown-Ravenhall model. For Coulomb coupling constants larger than the critical one, we show that the quadratic form of the no-pair operator is unbounded below. Along the way we discuss the domains and operator cores of the semi-relativistic Pauli-Fierz and no-pair operators, for Coulomb coupling constants less than or equal to the critical ones.
Könenberg Martin
Matte Oliver
Stockmeyer Edgardo
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