Two spinorial drift-diffusion models for quantum electron transport in graphene

DOI10.4310/CMS.2013.V11.N3.A7zbMATH Open1282.35132arXiv1905.10186OpenAlexW2324466968MaRDI QIDQ390099FDOQ390099

Authors: Ansgar Jüngel, Nicola Zamponi 

Publication date: 22 January 2014

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Two drift-diffusion models for the quantum transport of electrons in graphene, which account for the spin degree of freedom, are derived from a spinorial Wigner equation with relaxation-time or mass- and spin-conserving matrix collision operators using a Chapman-Enskog expansion around the thermal equilibrium. Explicit models are computed by assuming that both the semiclassical parameter and the scaled Fermi energy are sufficiently small. For one of the models, the global existence of weak solutions, entropy-dissipation properties, and the exponential long-time decay of the spin vector are proved. Finally, numerical simulations of a one-dimensional ballistic diode using both models are presented, showing the temporal behavior of the particle density and the components of the spin vector.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.10186

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zbMATH Keywords

entropy dissipationWigner equationsemiclassical limitChapman-Enskog expansion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Weak solutions to PDEs (35D30) Initial-boundary value problems for second-order parabolic systems (35K51) Motion of charged particles (78A35) Statistical mechanics of semiconductors (82D37)

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