Existence of weak solution and semiclassical limit for quantum drift-diffusion model

Zeitschrift fur Angewandte Mathematik und Physik

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Chen, Li ^a,b   Ju, Qiangchang ^c,d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS AND COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS   (China)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Entropy inequality; Quantum drift diffusion; Semiclassical limit; Weak solution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845723710     PISSN: 00442275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00033-005-0051-4     Document Type: Article

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