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We show that a pseudospectral representation of the wavefunction using multiple spatial domains of variable size yields a highly accurate, yet efficient method to solve the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation. The overall spatial domain…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-06 R. Esteban Goetz , Andrea Simoni , Christiane P. Koch

The treatment of the time-independent Schrodinger equation in real-space is an indispensable part of introductory quantum mechanics. In contrast, the Schrodinger equation in momentum space is an integral equation that is not readily…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 William A. Karr , Christopher R. Jamell , Yogesh N. Joglekar

A fast and stable numerical method is formulated to compute the time evolution of a wave function in a magnetic field by solving the time-dependent Schroedinger equation. This computational method is based on the finite element method in…

Computational Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 Naoki Watanabe , Masaru Tsukada

Starting from a time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation, stationary states of 3D central potentials are obtained. An imaginary-time evolution technique coupled with the minimization of energy expectation value, subject to the orthogonality…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-01-18 Amlan K. Roy

We propose and analyze a multiscale time integrator Fourier pseudospectral (MTI-FP) method for solving the Klein-Gordon (KG) equation with a dimensionless parameter $0<\varepsilon\leq1$ which is inversely proportional to the speed of light.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-04-14 Weizhu Bao , Yongyong Cai , Xiaofei Zhao

We explore the possibility of modifying the Lewis-Riesenfeld method of invariants developed originally to find exact solutions for time-dependent quantum mechanical systems for the situation in which an exact invariant can be constructed,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-02-03 Andreas Fring , Rebecca Tenney

We examine the performance of various time propagation schemes using a one-dimensional model of the hydrogen atom. In this model the exact Coulomb potential is replaced by a soft-core interaction. The model has been shown to be a reasonable…

Computational Physics · Physics 2019-02-12 Heman Gharibnejad , Barry I. Schneider , Mark Leadingham , Henry J. Schmale

We review an explicit approach to obtaining numerical solutions of the Schr\"odinger equation that is conceptionally straightforward and capable of significant accuracy and efficiency. The method and its efficacy are illustrated with…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-10-06 Wytse van Dijk

We study the theory of scattering for a Schr"odinger equation in an external time dependent magnetic field in the Coulomb gauge, in space dimension 3. The magnetic vector potential is assumed to satisfy decay properties in time that are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 J. Ginibre , G. Velo

Linear combinations of complex gaussian functions, where the linear and nonlinear parameters are allowed to vary, are shown to provide an extremely flexible and effective approach for solving the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation in one…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-03-08 Simen Kvaal , Caroline Lasser , Thomas Bondo Pedersen , Ludwik Adamowicz

The application of the optimized expansion for the quantum-mechanical propagation in the anharmonic potential $\lambda x^4$ is discussed for real and imaginary time. The first order results in the imaginary time formalism provide…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 Anna Okopińska

We discuss the automatic solution of the multichannel Schr\"odinger equation. The proposed approach is based on the use of a CP method for which the step size is not restricted by the oscillations in the solution. Moreover, this CP method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-06-24 Veerle Ledoux , Marnix Van Daele

The Grassmann time-evolving matrix product operator method has shown great potential as a general-purpose quantum impurity solver, as its numerical errors can be well-controlled and it is flexible to be applied on both the imaginary- and…

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We present a time-dependent extension of logarithmic perturbation theory for nonrelativistic quantum dynamics governed by the Schr\"odinger equation, in which the logarithm of the wave function is expanded in powers of a coupling constant.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 Juan Carlos del Valle , Paul Bergold , Karolina Kropielnicka

A spacetime Discontinuous Petrov Galerkin (DPG) method for the linear time-dependent Schrodinger equation is proposed. The spacetime approach is particularly attractive for capturing irregular solutions. Motivated by the fact that some…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-07-25 Leszek Demkowicz , Jay Gopalakrishnan , Sriram Nagaraj , Paulina Sepulveda

While new light sources allow for unprecedented resolution in experiments with X-rays, a theoretical understanding of the scattering cross-section is lacking. In the particular case of strongly correlated electron systems, numerical…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-05-29 Krissia Zawadzki , Alberto Nocera , Adrian E. Feiguin

In this paper, we present efficient quantum algorithms that are exponentially faster than classical algorithms for solving the quantum optimal control problem. This problem involves finding the control variable that maximizes a physical…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-02 Xiantao Li , Chunhao Wang

In this paper, we develop a framework for designing arbitrary high order low-rank schemes for the Lindblad equation with time-dependent Hamiltonians. Our approach is based on nested Picard iterative integrators (NPI) and results in schemes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-18 Jiuhua Hu , Daniel Appelo , Yingda Cheng

Transport and scattering phenomena in open quantum-systems with a continuous energy spectrum are conveniently solved using the time-dependent Schrodinger equation. In the time-dependent picture, the evolution of an initially localized…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2011-05-13 Tobias Kramer

The generalized Crank-Nicolson method is employed to obtain numerical solutions of the two-dimensional time-dependent Schrodinger equation. An adapted alternating-direction implicit method is used, along with a high-order finite difference…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-04-05 Wytse van Dijk , Trevor Vanderwoerd , Sjirk-Jan Prins