Phase-space methods for the spin dynamics in condensed matter systems

DOI10.1098/RSTA.2016.0199zbMATH Open1404.81159arXiv1609.09472OpenAlexW3100161448WikidataQ47923064 ScholiaQ47923064MaRDI QIDQ4560641FDOQ4560641

Authors: Jérôme Hurst, P.-A. Hervieux, Giovanni Manfredi 

Publication date: 12 December 2018

Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using the phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics, we derive a four-component Wigner equation for a system composed of spin-1/2 fermions (typically, electrons) including the Zeeman effect and the spin-orbit coupling. This Wigner equation is coupled to the appropriate Maxwell equations to form a self-consistent mean-field model. A set of semiclassical Vlasov equations with spin effects is obtained by expanding the full quantum model to first order in the Planck constant. The corresponding hydrodynamic equations are derived by taking velocity moments of the phase-space distribution function. A simple closure relation is proposed to obtain a closed set of hydrodynamic equations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1609.09472

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zbMATH Keywords

nanostructuresquantum phase spaceultrafast phenomenaWigner quasi-probability distributionspin and charge dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Phase-space methods including Wigner distributions, etc. applied to problems in quantum mechanics (81S30) Molecular physics (81V55)

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