A Bloch band based level set method for computing the semiclassical limit of Schrödinger equations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 228, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3326-3344

  Liu, Hailiang ^a   Wang, Zhongming ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloch waves; Homogenization; Level set method; Schr dinger equation; Semiclassical limit

Indexed keywords

DROP BREAKUP; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BLOCH BAND; BLOCH WAVES; EIGENVALUE PROBLEM; HOMOGENIZATION; LEVEL SET METHOD; PERIODIC MEDIA; SAMPLE SETS; SCHRÖDINGE EQUATION; SEMICLASSICAL LIMIT; WKB APPROXIMATIONS;

HAMILTONIANS;

EID: 62049085150     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.01.028     Document Type: Article

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