Mathematical and computational methods for semiclassical Schrödinger equations

S Jin, P Markowich, C Sparber - Acta Numerica, 2011 - cambridge.org
We consider time-dependent (linear and nonlinear) Schrödinger equations in a
semiclassical scaling. These equations form a canonical class of (nonlinear) dispersive …

Fast Gaussian wavepacket transforms and Gaussian beams for the Schrödinger equation

J Qian, L Ying - Journal of Computational Physics, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a wavepacket-transform-based Gaussian beam method for solving
the Schrödinger equation. We focus on addressing two computational issues of the …

Gaussian beam methods for the Schrodinger equation in the semi-classical regime: Lagrangian and Eulerian formulations

S Jin, H Wu, X Yang - 2008 - projecteuclid.org
The solution to the Schrödinger equation is highly oscillatory when the rescaled Planck
constant ε is small in the semiclassical regime. A direct numerical simulation requires the …

Fast Huygens sweeping methods for Helmholtz equations in inhomogeneous media in the high frequency regime

S Luo, J Qian, R Burridge - Journal of Computational Physics, 2014 - Elsevier
In some applications, it is reasonable to assume that geodesics (rays) have a consistent
orientation so that the Helmholtz equation may be viewed as an evolution equation in one of …

Error estimates for Gaussian beam superpositions

H Liu, O Runborg, N Tanushev - Mathematics of Computation, 2013 - ams.org
Gaussian beams are asymptotically valid high frequency solutions to hyperbolic partial
differential equations, concentrated on a single curve through the physical domain. They can …

Fast multiscale Gaussian wavepacket transforms and multiscale Gaussian beams for the wave equation

J Qian, L Ying - Multiscale Modeling & Simulation, 2010 - SIAM
We introduce a new multiscale Gaussian beam method for the numerical solution of the
wave equation with smooth variable coefficients. The first computational question addressed …

Frozen Gaussian approximation for high frequency wave propagation

J Lu, X Yang - arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.1968, 2010 - arxiv.org
We propose the frozen Gaussian approximation for computation of high frequency wave
propagation. This method approximates the solution to the wave equation by an integral …

Convergence of frozen Gaussian approximation for high‐frequency wave propagation

J Lu, X Yang - Communications on Pure and Applied …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The frozen Gaussian approximation provides a highly efficient computational method for
high‐frequency wave propagation. The derivation of the method is based on asymptotic …

Gaussian beam methods for the Dirac equation in the semi-classical regime

H Wu, Z Huang, S Jin, D Yin - arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.0543, 2012 - arxiv.org
The Dirac equation is an important model in relativistic quantum mechanics. In the semi-
classical regime $\epsilon\ll1 $, even a spatially spectrally accurate time splitting method\cite …

Babich's expansion and the fast Huygens sweeping method for the Helmholtz wave equation at high frequencies

W Lu, J Qian, R Burridge - Journal of computational Physics, 2016 - Elsevier
In some applications, it is reasonable to assume that geodesics (rays) have a consistent
orientation so that the Helmholtz equation can be viewed as an evolution equation in one of …