A high order numerical method for computing physical observables in the semiclassical limit of the one-dimensional linear schrödinger equation with discontinuous potentials

Journal of Scientific Computing

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 318-344

  Wen, Xin ^a  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Discontinuous potential; Liouville equation; Schr dinger equation; Semiclassical limit

Indexed keywords

DINGER EQUATION; DISCONTINUOUS POTENTIALS; FOURTH ORDER; HIGH-ORDER ACCURACY; HIGH-ORDER NUMERICAL METHOD; KERNEL FUNCTION; LEVEL SET FRAMEWORK; LIOUVILLE EQUATION; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; SEMICLASSICAL LIMIT;

DELTA FUNCTIONS; NUMBER THEORY;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 77951135735     PISSN: 08857474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10915-009-9326-9     Document Type: Article

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