The Vlasov-Poisson equations as the semiclassical limit of the Schrödinger-Poisson equations: A numerical study

Journal of Hyperbolic Differential Equations

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 569-587

  Jin, Shi ^a   Liao, Xiaomei ^a   Yang, Xu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi valued solution; Schr dinger Poisson system; Semiclassical limit; Vlasov Poisson system

Indexed keywords

EID: 56349132748     PISSN: 02198916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021989160800160X     Document Type: Article

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