Gaussian beam construction for adiabatic perturbations

Mathematical Physics Analysis and Geometry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-201

  Dimassi, M ^a   Guillot, J C ^b   Ralston, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES APPLIQUÉES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloch electron; Floquet eigenvalues; Gaussian beam construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847219020     PISSN: 13850172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11040-006-9009-9     Document Type: Article

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