A benchmark study of the signed-particle Monte Carlo algorithm for the Wigner equation

DOI10.1515/caim-2017-0012zbMath1388.82042OpenAlexW2799828407MaRDI QIDQ1696930

Orazio Muscato

Publication date: 15 February 2018

Published in: Communications in Applied and Industrial Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1515/caim-2017-0012

zbMATH Keywords

direct simulation Monte CarlonanostructuresWigner transport equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Iterative numerical methods for linear systems (65F10) PDEs in connection with quantum mechanics (35Q40) Phase-space methods including Wigner distributions, etc. applied to problems in quantum mechanics (81S30) Stochastic particle methods (65C35) Preconditioners for iterative methods (65F08) Statistical mechanics of nanostructures and nanoparticles (82D80) Probabilistic methods, particle methods, etc. for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M75)

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