Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal approach for the quantum Vlasov equation
Abstract
The one-dimensional stationary quantum Vlasov equation is analyzed using the energy as one of the dynamical variables, similarly as in the solution of the Vlasov-Poisson system by means of the Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal method. In the semiclassical case where quantum tunneling effects are small, an infinite series solution is developed and shown to be immediately integrable up to a recursive chain of quadratures in position space only. { As it stands, the treatment of the self-consistent, Wigner-Poisson system is beyond the scope of the method, which assumes} a given smooth { time-independent} external potential. Accuracy tests for the series expansion are also provided. Examples of anharmonic potentials are worked out up to a high order on the quantum diffraction parameter.
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@article{arxiv.2102.09610,
title = {Bernstein-Greene-Kruskal approach for the quantum Vlasov equation},
author = {Fernando Haas},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.09610},
year = {2021}
}