Sharp lower bounds for Coulomb energy

Abstract

We prove $L^p$ lower bounds for Coulomb energy for radially symmetric functions in $\dot H^s(\R^3)$ with $\frac 12 <s<\frac{3}{2}$. In case $\frac 12 <s \leq 1$ we show that the lower bounds are sharp.

10 pages; proof of Theorem 0.4 has been simplified and a simple error fixed