On the thermodynamic limit for Hartree and Hartree-Fock type models

We early on here our study [4], [5] of the thermodynamic limit for various models of Quantum Chemistry, focusing on Hai-tree and Hartree-Fock type models. For the restricted Hartree and the reduced Hartree-Fock models, we prove the existence of the thermodynamic limit for the energy per unit volume. We also define periodic problems associated to the Hartree and Hartree-Fock models, and prove that they are bath mathematically well-posed. (C) Academie des Sciences/Elsevier, Paris