A level set method for the semiclassical limit of the Schrödinger equation with discontinuous potentials

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2010.06.026zbMath1201.65173MaRDI QIDQ2638261

Dongming Wei, Xu Yang, Shih Jin, Yen-Hsi Richard Tsai

Publication date: 15 September 2010

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2010.06.026

zbMATH Keywords

numerical examples; Schrödinger equation; level set method; Liouville equation; interface condition; discontinuous potentials; partial transmissions and reflections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

35R05: PDEs with low regular coefficients and/or low regular data

35Q55: NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations)

65M25: Numerical aspects of the method of characteristics for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

Related Items

Gaussian beam methods for the Schrödinger equation with discontinuous potentials, Mathematical and computational methods for semiclassical Schrödinger equations

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