Approximation of Thermal Equilibrium for Quantum Gases with Discontinuous Potentials and Application to Semiconductor Devices

DOI10.1137/S0036139996303907zbMath0957.76099OpenAlexW1972795717MaRDI QIDQ4388848

Carl L. Gardner, Christian Ringhofer

Publication date: 10 May 1998

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/s0036139996303907

zbMATH Keywords

convergence conservation laws quantum hydrodynamics quantum gases Bloch equation quantum semiconductor devices piecewise continuous potential quantum mechanical thermal equilibrium distribution function Wigner's approximate solution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of semiconductors (82D37) Quantum hydrodynamics and relativistic hydrodynamics (76Y05) Molecular physics (81V55) Statistical mechanics of gases (82D05)

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