Electron Wavefunctions and Densities for Atoms

Abstract

With a special `Ansatz' we analyse the regularity properties of atomic electron wavefunctions and electron densities. In particular we prove an a priori estimate, $\sup_{y\in B(x,R)}|\nablaψ(y)| \leq C(R) \sup_{y\in B(x,2R)}|ψ(y)|$ and obtain for the spherically averaged electron density, $\widetildeρ(r)$, that $\widetildeρ''(0)$ exists and is non-negative.