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In this paper we examine the semiclassical behaviour of the scattering data of a non-self-adjoint Dirac operator with a fairly smooth but not necessarily analytic potential decaying at infinity. In particular, using ideas and methods going…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-06-16 Nicholas Hatzizisis , Spyridon Kamvissis

In this paper we examine the semiclassical behavior of the scattering data of a non-self-adjoint Dirac operator with a rapidly oscillating potential that is complex analytic in some neighborhood of the real line. Some of our results are…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-04-15 Setsuro Fujiié , Nicholas Hatzizisis , Spyridon Kamvissis

We review some recent rigorous results on the semiclassical behavior ($\epsilon\downarrow0$) of the scattering data of a non-self-adjoint Dirac operator with potential $A\exp\{iS/\epsilon\}$ where both $A$ and $S$ are differentiable…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Setsuro Fujiié , Nicholas Hatzizisis , Spyridon Kamvissis

In this paper we continue the study (initiated in arXiv:2003.13584) of the semiclassical behavior of the scattering data of a non-self-adjoint Dirac operator with a real, positive, fairly smooth but not necessarily analytic potential…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-06-15 Nicholas Hatzizisis , Spyridon Kamvissis

We study the Klein paradox for the semi-classical Dirac operator on $\R$ with potentials having constant limits, not necessarily the same at infinity. Using the complex WKB method, the time-independent scattering theory in terms of incoming…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2007-11-21 Abdallah Khochman

We study the semiclassical spectral theory of a one-dimensional Dirac operator describing waves at the interface between topologically distinct media. We derive a modified Bohr-Sommerfeld quantization condition for the squared operator via…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-05-28 Owen Sutton , Alexander B. Watson

We numerically compute eigenvalues of the non-self-adjoint Zakharov--Shabat problem in the semiclassical regime. In particular, we compute the eigenvalues for a Gaussian potential and compare the results to the corresponding (formal) WKB…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2015-06-17 Yeongjoh Kim , Long Lee , Gregory D. Lyng

In this paper we study scattering of two-dimensional massless Dirac fermions by a potential that depends on a single Cartesian variable. Depending on the energy of the incoming particle and its angle of incidence, there are three different…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-04-30 K. J. A. Reijnders , T. Tudorovskiy , M. I. Katsnelson

The semiclassical limit of the focusing Nonlinear (cubic) Schr\" odinger Equation (NLS) corresponds to the singularly perturbed Zakharov Shabat (ZS) system that defines the direct and inverse scattering transforms (IST). In this paper, we…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-03-17 Alexander Tovbis , Stephanos Venakides

The inverse spectral theory for a self-adjoint one-dimensional Dirac operator associated periodic potentials is formulated via a Riemann-Hilbert problem approach. The resulting formalism is also used to solve the initial value problem for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-12 Gino Biondini , Zechuan Zhang

For the semi-classical limit of the cubic, defocusing nonlinear Schrodinger equation with an external potential, we explain the notion of criticality before a caustic is formed. In the sub-critical and critical cases, we justify the WKB…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-08-14 Rémi Carles

We formulate the inverse spectral theory for a non-self-adjoint one-dimensional Dirac operator associated periodic potentials via a Riemann-Hilbert problem approach. We use the resulting formalism to solve the initial value problem for the…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2025-05-09 Gino Biondini , Gregor Kovačič , Alexander Tovbis , Zachery Wolski , Zechuan Zhang

The transfer matrix of a possibly complex and energy-dependent scattering potential can be identified with the $S$-matrix of a two-level time-dependent non-Hermitian Hamiltonian H(t). We show that the application of the adiabatic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-05-20 Ali Mostafazadeh

The present paper studies concentration phenomena of semiclassical approximation of a massive Dirac equation with general nonlinear self-coupling: \[ -i\hbar\alpha\cdot\nabla w+a\beta w+V(x)w=g(|w|)w \,. \] Compared with some existing…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-12-23 Yanheng Ding , Tian Xu

Bohr-Sommerfeld type quantization conditions of semiclassical eigenvalues for the non-selfadjoint Zakharov-Shabat operator on the circle are derived using an exact WKB method. The conditions are given in terms of the action associated with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-09 Setsuro Fujiié , Jens Wittsten

This paper is concerned with the efficient numerical treatment of 1D stationary Schr\"odinger equations in the semi-classical limit when including a turning point of first order. For the considered scattering problems we show that the wave…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-11-19 Anton Arnold , Kirian Döpfner

We justify the WKB analysis for the semiclassical nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation with a subquadratic potential. This concerns subcritical, critical, and supercritical cases as far as the geometrical optics method is concerned. In the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-08-16 Rémi Carles

We derive a determinant formula for the WKB exponential of singularly perturbed Zakharov-Shabat system that corresponds to the semiclassical (zero dispersion) limit of the focusing Nonlinear Schr\" odinger equation. The derivation is based…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-03-17 Alexander Tovbis , Stephanos Venakides

We are interested in a WKB analysis of the Logarithmic Non-Linear Schr\"odinger Equation with "Riemann-like" variables in an analytic framework in semiclassical regime. We show that the Cauchy problem is locally well posed uniformly in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-09-13 Guillaume Ferriere

We study the eigenvalues of the self-adjoint Zakharov-Shabat operator corresponding to the defocusing nonlinear Schrodinger equation in the inverse scattering method. Real eigenvalues exist when the square of the potential has a simple…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-11-22 K. Hirota
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