The linearized transient quantum drift diffusion model - Stability of stationary states

ZAMM Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 327-344

  Pinnau, R ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Higher order parabolic PDE; Implicit Euler discretization; Stability; Transient quantum drift diffusion model; Zero relaxation time limit

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044517749     PISSN: 00442267     EISSN: 15214001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4001(200005)80:5<327::AID-ZAMM327>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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