Quantum hydrodynamics, Wigner transforms and the classical limit

Asymptotic Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 97-116

  Gasser, Ingenuin ^a,b   Markowich, Peter A ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Classical limit; Quantum hydrodynamics; Wigner transform; WKB asymptotics of the Schr dinger equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002375163     PISSN: 09217134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/asy-1997-14201     Document Type: Article

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