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We present quasi-analytical and numerical calculations of Gaussian wave packet solutions of the Schr\"odinger equation for two-dimensional infinite well and quantum billiard problems with equilateral triangle, square, and circular…

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We study the asymptotic behaviour of solutions to the linear wave equation on cosmological spacetimes with Big Bang singularities and show that appropriately rescaled waves converge against a blow-up profile. Our class of spacetimes…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-08-01 David Fajman , Liam Urban

It is demonstrated that -- contrary to the common belief -- it is possible to construct solutions of the non-relativistic Schr\"odinger equation of a free particle, that do not exhibit dispersion. However, it seems that no normalizable wave…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-10-10 István Mayer

In this work, we study the semi-classical limit of the Schr\"odinger equation with random inputs, and show that the semi-classical Schr\"odinger equation produces $O(\varepsilon)$ oscillations in the random variable space. With the Gaussian…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-14 Shi Jin , Liu Liu , Giovanni Russo , Zhennan Zhou

The nonlinear dynamics of an obliquely oriented wave packet at sea surface is studied both analytically and numerically for various initial parameters of the packet, in connection with the problem of oceanic rogue waves. In the framework of…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-04-10 V. P. Ruban

We consider semiclassically scaled Schrodinger equations with an external potential and a highly oscillatory periodic potential. We construct asymptotic solutions in the form of semiclassical wave packets. These solutions are concentrated…

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PT-symmetric solutions of Schrodinger equation are obtained for the Scarf and generalized harmonic oscillator potentials with the position-dependent mass. A general point canonical transformation is applied by using a free parameter. Three…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-07-15 Cevdet Tezcand , Ramazan Sever

We consider random Schr\"odinger equations on $\bR^d$ or $\bZ^d$ for $d\ge 3$ with uncorrelated, identically distributed random potential. Denote by $\lambda$ the coupling constant and $\psi_t$ the solution with initial data $\psi_0$.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Laszlo Erdos , Manfred Salmhofer , Horng-Tzer Yau

In the present paper we consider the semiclassical magnetic Schr\"odinger equation, which describes the dynamics of charged particles under the influence of a electro-magnetic field. The solution of the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-07 Malik Scheifinger , Kurt Busch , Marlis Hochbruck , Caroline Lasser

It is shown that general solutions of the free-particle Schroedinger equation can be mapped onto solutions of the Schroedinger equation for the harmonic oscillator. This is done in such a way that the time evolution of a free particle…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2010-08-25 Ole Steuernagel

A closed-form solution to the energy-based stochastic Schrodinger equation with a time-dependent coupling is obtained. The solution is algebraic in character, and is expressed directly in terms of independent random data. The data consist…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Dorje C. Brody , Irene C. Constantinou , James D. C. Dear , Lane P. Hughston

Others have solved the Schr\"odinger equation for a one-dimensional model having a square potential barrier in free-space by requiring an incident and a reflected wave in the semi-infinite pre-barrier region, two opposing waves in the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-05-03 Mark J. Hagmann

In this article we present an exact and unified description of wave-packet dynamics in various 2D systems in presence of a transverse magnetic field. We consider an initial minimum-uncertainty Gaussian wave-packet, and find that its long…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 Ashutosh Singh , Tutul Biswas , Tarun Kanti Ghosh , Amit Agarwal

In the context of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics, Gaussian wavepacket solutions of the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation provide useful physical insight. This is not the case for relativistic quantum mechanics, however, for which…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-05-06 Hung-Ming Tsai , Bill Poirier

In this paper we study quantum star graphs with time-dependent bond lengths. Quantum dynamics is treated by solving Schrodinger equation with time-dependent boundary conditions given on graphs. Time-dependence of the average kinetic energy…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-12-11 D. U. Matrasulov , J. R. Yusupov , K. K. Sabirov , Z. A. Sobirov

An exact solution of the homogeneous wave equation, which was found previously, is treated from the point of view of continuous wavelet analysis (CWA). If time is a fixed parameter, the solution represents a new multidimensional mother…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Maria V Perel , Mikhail S Sidorenko

A one-dimensional scattering problem off a $\delta$-shaped potential is solved analytically and the time development of a wave packet is derived from the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation. The exact and explicit expression of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-30 Hiromichi Nakazato

In this paper, we determine the C-infinity type wave front sets of the solutions to the Schrodinger equations with time-dependent variable coefficients and potentials by using the wave packet transform. We introduce the infinite sum and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-10-14 Keiichi Kato , Tetsuya Ogawa , Taisuke Yoneyama

We consider Friedlander's wave equation in two space dimensions in the half-space x > 0 with the boundary condition u(x,y,t)=0 when x=0. For a Gaussian beam w(x,y,t;k) concentrated on a ray path that is tangent to x=0 at (x,y,t)=(0,0,0) we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-07-13 James Ralston , Neelesh Tiruviluamala

We analyze the non-relativistic problem of a quantum particle that bounces back and forth between two moving walls. We recast this problem into the equivalent one of a quantum particle in a fixed box whose dynamics is governed by an…