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We study semiclassical states of the nonlinear Dirac equation \[ -i\hbar\partial_t\psi = ic\hbar\sum_{k=1}^3\alpha_k\partial_k\psi - mc^2\beta \psi - M(x)\psi + f(|\psi|)\psi,\quad t\in\mathbb{R},\ x\in\mathbb{R}^3, \] where $V$ is a…

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We investigate wavepacket dynamics for a relativistic particle in a box evolving according to the relativistic Schr\"odinger (also known as the Salpeter) equation. We derive the solutions for an infinite well -- which contrary to the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-17 Benoît Zumer , Florent Daem , Alexandre Matzkin

This paper concerns an approximation of the expectation values of the position and momentum of the solution to the semiclassical Schr\"odinger equation with a Gaussian as the initial condition. Of particular interest is the approximation…

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We investigate the interplay between coherent effects characteristic of the propagation of linear waves, the non-linear effects due to interactions, and the quantum manifestations of classical chaos due to geometrical confinement, as they…

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The Gross-Pitaevskii equation, or more generally the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation, models the Bose-Einstein condensates in a macroscopic gaseous superfluid wave-matter state in ultra-cold temperature. We provide analytical study of the…

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This paper deals with the existence of travelling wave solutions for a general one-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation. We construct these solutions by minimizing the energy under the constraint of fixed momentum. We also prove…

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Classical nonlinear theories are highly successful in describing far-from-equilibrium dynamics of magnets, encompassing phenomena such as parametric resonance, ultrafast switching, and even chaos. However, at ultrashort length and time…

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We consider spatially two dimensional Madelung fluid whose irrotational motion reduces into the Schr\"odinger equation for a single free particle. In this respect, we regard the former as a direct generalization of the latter, allowing a…

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This work considers the propagation of high-frequency waves in highly-scattering media where physical absorption of a nonlinear nature occurs. Using the classical tools of the Wigner transform and multiscale analysis, we derive semilinear…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-23 Joseph Kraisler , Wei Li , Kui Ren , John C. Schotland , Yimin Zhong

We study the scattering theory for the Schr\"odinger and wave equations with rough potentials in a scale of homogeneous Sobolev spaces. The first half of the paper concerns with an inverse-square potential in both of subcritical and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-11 Haruya Mizutani

We are concerned with the existence of solutions to the following nonlinear Schr\"odinger system in $\mathbb{R}^3$: \begin{equation*} \left\{ \begin{aligned} -\Delta u_1 + (x_1^2+x_2^2)u_1&= \lambda_1 u_1 + \mu_1 |u_1|^{p_1 -2}u_1 + \beta…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-03-19 Tianxiang Gou

We consider semi-excited resonances created by a periodic orbit of hyperbolic type for Schr\"odinger type operators with a small "Planck constant". They are defined within an analytic framework based on the semi-classical quantization of…

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The kinetics of nonequilibrium Bose-Einstein condensates are considered within the framework of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation. A systematic derivation is given for weak small-scale perturbations of a steady confined condensate state. This…

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Using the phase-space formulation of quantum mechanics, we derive a four-component Wigner equation for a system composed of spin-1/2 fermions (typically, electrons) including the Zeeman effect and the spin-orbit coupling. This Wigner…

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We present a wave packet analysis of a class of possibly degenerate parabolic equations with variable coefficients. As a consequence, we prove local wellposedness of the corresponding Cauchy problem in spaces of low regularity, namely the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-19 Fabio Nicola

From the mathematical side, nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations are usually investigated via variational methods, that cease to work in higher dimensions. This thesis tries to overcome this problem by focusing on spherically symmetric…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-10-18 Filip Ficek

We study the wave front set of the solutions of the initial value problem for nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equations via wave packet transform. We give an sufficient condition which assures that the solutions is in Sobolev space of order s in…

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