Correction of the statistical model of matter near nuclei
Kirzhnitz D. A., Shpatakovskaya G. V.
Refined quantum corrections are derived for the energy and pressure of "cold matter" near a nucleus, where the semiclassical approximation breaks down. These corrections are not negligible. For an isolated atom they yield the Scott correction. They disappear in the high-compression limit in a manner consistent with an exact quantum-mechanical calculation.