Semiclassical Wigner Function and Geometrical Optics

DOI10.1137/S1540345902409797MaRDI QIDQ4458276zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Stathis Filippas, G. N. Makrakis

Publication date 17 March 2004

Published in Multiscale Modeling & Simulation (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

high-frequency asymptoticscausticsoscillating initial dataAiry-type asymptoticslimit Wigner measure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum optics (81V80) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Phase-space methods including Wigner distributions, etc. applied to problems in quantum mechanics (81S30) Asymptotic expansions of solutions to ordinary differential equations (34E05) Multiple scale methods for ordinary differential equations (34E13) Geometric optics (78A05) Singular perturbations, turning point theory, WKB methods for ordinary differential equations (34E20) Asymptotic behavior of solutions to equations on manifolds (58K55)

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