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We derive the semiclassical Bloch dynamics with the second-order Berry phase correction in the presence of the slow-varying scalar potential as perturbation. Our mathematical derivation is based on a two-scale WKB asymptotic analysis. For a…

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The nonlinear Schroedinger equation is studied for a periodic sequence of delta-potentials (a delta-comb) or narrow Gaussian potentials. For the delta-comb the time-independent nonlinear Schroedinger equation can be solved analytically in…

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In this letter we give a systematic derivation and justification of the semiclassical model for the slow degrees of freedom in adiabatic slow-fast systems first found by Littlejohn and Flynn [5]. The classical Hamiltonian obtains a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-04 Stefan Teufel

Stationary solutions asymptoting to nonlinear plane waves of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a PT-symmetric, complex linear potential are characterized. The potential includes both a spatially varying gain-loss profile and a…

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We consider semi-classical time evolution for the phase space Schr\"{o}dinger equation and present two methods of constructing short time asymptotic solutions. The first method consists of constructing a semi-classical phase space…

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The semiclassical limit of the derivative nonlinear Schrodinger equation with periodic initial conditions is studied analytically and numerically. The spectrum of the associated scattering problem for a certain class of initial conditions,…

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In the paper we derive a semiclassical model for surface hopping allowing quantum dynamical non-adiabatic transition between different potential energy surfaces in which cases the classical Born-Oppenheimer approximation breaks down. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-05-06 Lihui Chai , Shi Jin , Qin Li , Omar Morandi

Time-decaying harmonic oscillators yield dispersive estimates with weak decay, and change the threshold power of the nonlinearity between the short and the long range. In the non-critical case for the time-decaying harmonic oscillator, this…

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In this paper, we study the semiclassical behavior of Bloch electrons in the presence of Weyl nodes, which are singular points in the band structure of certain materials. We carry out asymptotic analysis and present a rigorous derivation of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-11-07 Jianfeng Lu , Changhe Yang , Zhennan Zhou

We consider the asymptotics of the one-dimensional cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with an external potential $V$ that does not admit bound states. Assuming that $\jBra{x}^{2+}V(x) \in L^1$ and that $u$ is orthogonal to any…

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We construct space quasi-periodic standing wave solutions to the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations on R^d for arbitrary d. This is a type of quasi-periodic nonlinear Bloch-Floquet waves.

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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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The results from J. Stat. Phys. 159:668-712 & 163:1350-1393, on a quadratic kinetic equation in the analysis of the long time asymptotics of weak turbulence theory for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation, are summarized and placed in…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-06-24 A. H. M. Kierkels

We consider the cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with an exceptional potential. We obtain a sharp time decay for the global in time solution and we get the large time asymptotic profile of small solutions. We prove the existence of…

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In this paper we consider supercritical nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations in an analytic Riemannian manifold $(M^d,g)$, where the metric $g$ is analytic. Using an analytic WKB method, we are able to construct an Ansatz for the semiclassical…

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We present a semiclassical approach to eigenfunction statistics in chaotic and weakly disordered quantum systems which goes beyond Random Matrix Theory, supersymmetry techniques, and existing semiclassical methods. The approach is based on…

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Chemical relaxation phenomena, including photochemistry and electron transfer processes, form a vigorous area of research in which nonadiabatic dynamics plays a fundamental role. Here, we show that for nonadiabatic dynamics with two…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-07-20 Yanze Wu , Xuezhi Bian , Jonathan Rawlinson , Robert G. Littlejohn , Joseph E. Subotnik