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Spectral Analysis of Nonrelativistic Quantum Electrodynamics

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European Congress of Mathematics

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I review the research results on spectral properties of atoms and molecules coupled to the quantized electromagnetic field or on simplified models of such systems obtained during the past decade. My main focus is on the results I have obtained in collaboration with Jürg Fröhlich and Israel Michael Sigal [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13].

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    Volker Bach

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  1. Departament de Matemàtiques, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain

    Carles Casacuberta  & Joan Verdera  & 

  2. Departament d’Algebra i Geometria Facultat de Matemàtiques, Universitat de Barcelona, 08007, Barcelona, Spain

    Rosa Maria Miró-Roig

  3. Departament de Matemàtica Aplicada II, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 08028, Barcelona, Spain

    Sebastià Xambó-Descamps

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Bach, V. (2001). Spectral Analysis of Nonrelativistic Quantum Electrodynamics. In: Casacuberta, C., Miró-Roig, R.M., Verdera, J., Xambó-Descamps, S. (eds) European Congress of Mathematics. Progress in Mathematics, vol 201. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8268-2_10

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