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Schrödinger operators with electric or magnetic fields

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Mathematical Problems in Theoretical Physics

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The Zeeman- and Stark effect are first examples of quantum mechanical perturbation theory. Nevertheless it has taken half a century to develop an adequate mathematical description. Here we summarize the results of a systematic effort in recent years, notably by Avron, Herbst and Simon [2,35].

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Hunziker, W. (1980). Schrödinger operators with electric or magnetic fields. In: Osterwalder, K. (eds) Mathematical Problems in Theoretical Physics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 116. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-09964-6_297

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