Asymptotic stability of a stationary solution to a thermal hydrodynamic model for semiconductors (Q1014207)

This paper is devoted to the study of a heat-conductive hydrodynamic model of semiconductors. This model is formulated by the system of equations that correspond to the conservation law of mass, the balance law of momentum and heat equation, which follows from the balance law of energy, coupled to the Poisson equation for the electric potential. The main result of the paper establishes the existence of a unique solution. An important feature concerns the asymptotic stability of a stationary solution to the initial boundary value problem satisfying a subsonic condition. The proofs combine standard techniques from nonlinear analysis (Leray-Schauder and Schauder-type fixed point theorems) with related \textit{a priori} estimates.