Multiphase semiclassical approximation of an electron in a one-dimensional crystalline lattice II. Impurities, confinement and Bloch oscillations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 344-375

  Gosse, Laurent ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Homogenization; Moment method; Nonstrictly hyperbolic systems; Periodic potential; Semiclassical limit; Vlasov equation

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS; VLASOV EQUATION;

BLOCH OSCILLATIONS; HOMOGENIZATION; HYPERBOLIC SYSTEM; MOMENTS METHOD; MULTIPHASES; NON-STRICTLY HYPERBOLIC; NONSTRICTLY HYPERBOLIC SYSTEM; PERIODIC POTENTIALS; SEMI-CLASSICAL APPROXIMATION; SEMICLASSICAL LIMIT;

METHOD OF MOMENTS;

EID: 13844269242     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2004.06.004     Document Type: Article

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