A semicontinuous formulation of the Bloch-Boltzmann-Peierls equations

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1457-1475

  Auer, Ch ^a   Schurrer F ^a   Koller, W ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bloch Boltzmann Peierls equations; Electron phonon kinetics; Far from equilibrium systems; Laser photo excitation; Semicontinuous model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; HYDRODYNAMICS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHONONS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; VECTORS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

BLOCH-BOLZMANN-PEIERLS EQUATIONS; ELECTRON-PHONON-KINETICS; FAR-FROM-EQUILIBRIUM SYSTEMS; LASER PHOTO-EXCITATION; SEMICONTINOUS MODEL;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 4544251364     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139903426101     Document Type: Article

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