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With applications in astroparticle physics in mind, we generalize a method for the solution of the nonlinear, space homogeneous Boltzmann equation with isotropic distribution function to arbitrary matrix elements. The method is based on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 A. Hohenegger

A set of equations is derived from the Boltzmann kinetic equation describing charge transport in semiconductors. The unknowns of these equations depend on the space-time coordinates and the electron energy. The non-parabolic and parabolic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 S. F. Liotta , A. Majorana

Kinetic theories constitute one of the most promising tools to decipher the characteristic spatio-temporal dynamics in systems of actively propelled particles. In this context, the Boltzmann equation plays a pivotal role, since it provides…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-11-18 Florian Thüroff , Christoph A. Weber , Erwin Frey

Study of far-from-equilibrium thermalization dynamics in quantum materials, including the dynamics of different types of quasiparticles, is becoming increasingly crucial. However, the inherent complexity of either the full quantum…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-03-17 Indrajit Wadgaonkar , Rishabh Jain , Marco Battiato

The scattering equations are a set of algebraic equations connecting the kinematic space of massless particles and the moduli space of Riemann spheres with marked points. We present an efficient method for solving the scattering equations…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-02-19 Zhengwen Liu , Xiaoran Zhao

We apply the spectral element method to the determination of scattering and bound states of the multichannel Schr\"odinger equation. In our approach the reaction coordinate is discretized on a grid of points whereas the internal coordinates…

Computational Physics · Physics 2017-05-12 Andrea Simoni , Alexandra Viel , Jean-Michel Launay

Within the scope of a spherically symmetric space-time we study the role of different types of matter in the formation of different configurations with spherical symmetries. Here we have considered matter with barotropic equation of state,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-11-22 Bijan Saha

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

We present a spectral Petrov-Galerkin method for the Boltzmann collision operator. We expand the density distribution $f$ to high order orthogonal polynomials multiplied by a Maxwellian. By that choice, we can approximate on the whole…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-03-06 Gerhard Kitzler , Joachim Schöberl

The scattering of scalar waves by a set of scatterers is considered. It is proven that the scattered field can be represented as an integral supported by any smooth surface enclosing the scatterers. This is a generalization of the series…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-10-22 Didier Felbacq , Anthony Gourdin , Emmanuel Rousseau

Collective orders and photo-induced phase transitions in quantum matter can evolve on timescales which are orders of magnitude slower than the femtosecond processes related to electronic motion in the solid. Quantum Boltzmann equations can…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2021-08-11 Antonio Picano , Jiajun Li , Martin Eckstein

We present a numerical algorithm to solve the Boltzmann equation for the electron distribution function in magnetic multilayer heterostructures with non-collinear magnetizations. The solution is based on a scattering matrix formalism for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-11-09 Jiang Xiao , A. Zangwill , M. D. Stiles

The article discusses the correctness of the assumption about the similarity of molecular continuum electron functions with wave functions in electron-atom scattering. The elastic scattering of slow particles by pair of non-overlapping…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-08-01 A. S. Baltenkov , I. Woiciechowski

Scattering is an important phenomenon which is observed in systems ranging from the micro- to macroscale. In the context of nuclear reaction theory the Heidelberg approach was proposed and later demonstrated to be applicable to many chaotic…

Collective coherent scattering of laser light by an ensemble of polarizable point particles creates long range interactions, whose properties can be tailored by choice of injected laser powers, frequencies and polarizations. We use a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Stefan Ostermann , Matthias Sonnleitner , Helmut Ritsch

A solution of the scattering problem is obtained for the Schr\"odinger equation with the potential of induced dipole interaction, which decreases as the inverse square of the distance. Such a potential arises in the collision of an incident…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-08-23 V. A. Gradusov , S. L. Yakovlev

The Helmholtz equation arises in the study of electromagnetic radiation, optics, acoustics, etc. In spherical coordinates, its general solution can be written as a spherical harmonic series which satisfies the radiation condition at…

Numerical Analysis · Computer Science 2012-04-13 Youngae Han

This article studies multiple scattering of matter waves by a disordered optical potential in two and in three dimensions. We calculate fundamental transport quantities such as the scattering mean free path $\ell_s$, the Boltzmann transport…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2011-11-09 R. C. Kuhn , O. Sigwarth , C. Miniatura , D. Delande , C. A. Mueller

The linear Boltzmann equation governs the absorption and scattering of a population of particles in a medium with an ambient field, represented by a Riemannian metric, where particles follow geodesics. In this paper, we study the possible…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-05-16 Zouhour Rezig

This paper presents a novel approach for computing substructure characteristic modes. This method leverages electromagnetic scattering matrices and spherical wave expansion to directly decompose electromagnetic fields. Unlike conventional…

Classical Physics · Physics 2024-09-13 Chenbo Shi , Jin Pan , Xin Gu , Shichen Liang , Le Zuo
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