Multiphase semiclassical approximation of an electron in a one-dimensional crystalline lattice - III. From ab initio models to WKB for Schrödinger-Poisson

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 326-346

  Gosse, Laurent ^a   Mauser, Norbert J ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

BALLISTICS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; METHOD OF MOMENTS; VLASOV EQUATION;

HARTREE ANSATZ; HOMOGENIZATION; HYPERBOLIC SYSTEM; MOMENTS METHOD; NON-STRICTLY HYPERBOLIC; NONSTRICTLY HYPERBOLIC SYSTEM; PERIODIC POTENTIALS; SEMI-CLASSICAL APPROXIMATION; SEMICLASSICAL LIMIT; VLASOV-POISSON EQUATIONS;

POISSON EQUATION;

EID: 25444466220     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2005.05.020     Document Type: Article

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