Semiclassical limit of quantum dynamics with rough potentials and well-posedness of transport equations with measure initial data

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1199-1242

  Ambrosio, Luigi ^a   Figalli, Alessio ^b   Friesecke, Gero ^c   Giannoulis, Johannes ^c   Paul, Thierry ^d  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES LAURENT SCHWARTZ   (France)

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EID: 79957702416     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: 00103640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpa.20371     Document Type: Article

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