Preface |
|
ix | |
|
Quantum Semiconductor Models |
|
|
1 | (72) |
|
|
|
|
1 | (3) |
|
|
1 | (2) |
|
1.2 Structure of the paper |
|
|
3 | (1) |
|
2 Derivation of the models |
|
|
4 | (10) |
|
2.1 Quantum Vlasov and quantum Boltzmann equations |
|
|
4 | (3) |
|
2.2 Quantum drift diffusion equations |
|
|
7 | (2) |
|
2.3 Viscous quantum hydrodynamics |
|
|
9 | (3) |
|
2.4 Historical background and further models |
|
|
12 | (2) |
|
3 The quantum drift diffusion model |
|
|
14 | (23) |
|
|
14 | (4) |
|
3.2 A special fourth order parabolic equation |
|
|
18 | (4) |
|
3.3 Quantum drift diffusion equations in one dimension |
|
|
22 | (7) |
|
3.4 Quantum drift diffusion equations in two and three dimensions |
|
|
29 | (1) |
|
3.5 Entropy based methods |
|
|
29 | (8) |
|
|
37 | (1) |
|
4 The viscous quantum hydrodynamic model |
|
|
37 | (26) |
|
|
37 | (3) |
|
|
40 | (2) |
|
4.3 Elliptic systems of mixed order |
|
|
42 | (15) |
|
4.4 Stationary states and their stability |
|
|
57 | (6) |
|
Appendix: A variant of Aubin's lemma |
|
|
63 | (2) |
|
|
65 | (1) |
|
|
65 | (8) |
|
Large Coupling Convergence: Overview and New Results |
|
|
73 | (46) |
|
|
|
|
|
73 | (2) |
|
2 Non-negative form perturbations |
|
|
75 | (29) |
|
2.1 Notation and general hypotheses |
|
|
75 | (3) |
|
|
78 | (1) |
|
2.3 Convergence with respect to the operator norm |
|
|
79 | (6) |
|
2.4 Schrodinger operators |
|
|
85 | (4) |
|
2.5 Convergence within a Schatten-von Neumann class |
|
|
89 | (3) |
|
2.6 Compact perturbations |
|
|
92 | (5) |
|
|
97 | (3) |
|
2.8 Differences of powers of resolvents |
|
|
100 | (4) |
|
|
104 | (12) |
|
3.1 Notation and basic results |
|
|
104 | (2) |
|
3.2 Trace of a Dirichlet form |
|
|
106 | (5) |
|
3.3 A domination principle |
|
|
111 | (1) |
|
3.4 Convergence with maximal rate and equilibrium measures |
|
|
112 | (4) |
|
|
116 | (1) |
|
|
116 | (3) |
|
|
119 | (64) |
|
|
|
120 | (3) |
|
2 Functional spaces and notation |
|
|
123 | (1) |
|
3 The basic abstract structure |
|
|
124 | (7) |
|
3.1 The limiting absorption prinicple -- LAP |
|
|
126 | (4) |
|
3.2 Persistence of smoothness under functional operations |
|
|
130 | (1) |
|
4 Short-range perturbations |
|
|
131 | (8) |
|
4.1 The exceptional set ΣP |
|
|
133 | (6) |
|
5 Sums of tensor products |
|
|
139 | (13) |
|
5.1 The operator H = H1 ⊗ I2 + I1 ⊗ H2 |
|
|
140 | (2) |
|
5.2 Extending the abstract framework of the LAP |
|
|
142 | (1) |
|
5.3 The LAP for H = H1 ⊗ I2 + I1 ⊗ H2 |
|
|
143 | (3) |
|
5.4 The Stark Hamiltonian |
|
|
146 | (3) |
|
5.5 The operator H0 = -Δ and some wild perturbations |
|
|
149 | (3) |
|
6 The limiting absorption principle for second-order divergence-type operators |
|
|
152 | (11) |
|
6.1 The operator H0 = -Δ - revisited |
|
|
154 | (3) |
|
6.2 Proof of the LAP for the operator H |
|
|
157 | (6) |
|
6.3 An application: Existence and completeness of the wave operators W ± (H, H0) |
|
|
163 | (1) |
|
7 An eigenfunction expansion theorem |
|
|
163 | (7) |
|
8 Global spacetime estimates for a generalized wave equation |
|
|
170 | (6) |
|
9 Further directions and open problems |
|
|
176 | (2) |
|
|
178 | (5) |
|
Spectral Analysis and Geometry of Sub-Laplacian and Related Grushin-type Operators |
|
|
183 | (108) |
|
|
|
|
|
184 | (4) |
|
2 Sub-Riemannian manifolds |
|
|
188 | (4) |
|
3 Bicharacteristic flow of Grushin-type operator |
|
|
192 | (4) |
|
|
196 | (6) |
|
4.1 Grushin-type operators |
|
|
196 | (2) |
|
4.2 Isoperimetric interpretation and double fibration: Grushin plane case |
|
|
198 | (4) |
|
5 Sub-Riemannian structure on SL(2, R) |
|
|
202 | (7) |
|
5.1 A sub-Riemannian structure and Grushin-type operator |
|
|
202 | (4) |
|
5.2 Horizontal curves: SL(2, R) |
|
|
206 | (2) |
|
5.3 Isoperimetric interpretation: SL(2, R) → Upper half-plane |
|
|
208 | (1) |
|
|
209 | (11) |
|
6.1 Spherical Grushin operator and Grushin sphere |
|
|
209 | (3) |
|
6.2 Geodesics on the Grushin sphere |
|
|
212 | (8) |
|
7 Quaternionic structure on R8 and sub-Riemannian structures |
|
|
220 | (11) |
|
7.1 Vector fields on S7 and sub-Riemannian structures |
|
|
221 | (3) |
|
7.2 Hopf fibration and a sub-Riemannian structure |
|
|
224 | (2) |
|
7.3 Singular metric on S4 and a spherical Grushin operator |
|
|
226 | (2) |
|
7.4 Sub-Riemannian structure on a hypersurface in S7 |
|
|
228 | (3) |
|
8 Sub-Riemannian structure on nilpotent Lie groups |
|
|
231 | (1) |
|
9 Engel group and Grushin-type operators |
|
|
232 | (7) |
|
9.1 Engel group and their subgroups |
|
|
232 | (3) |
|
9.2 Solution of a Hamilton-Jacobi equation |
|
|
235 | (4) |
|
10 Free two-step nilpotent Lie algebra and group |
|
|
239 | (1) |
|
11 2-step nilpotent Lie groups of dimension ≤ 6 |
|
|
240 | (10) |
|
11.1 Heat kernel of the free nilpotent Lie group of dimension 6 |
|
|
240 | (3) |
|
11.2 Heat kernel of Grushin-type operators |
|
|
243 | (7) |
|
12 Spectrum of a five-dimensional compact nilmanifold |
|
|
250 | (13) |
|
13 Spectrum of a six-dimensional compact nilmanifold |
|
|
263 | (1) |
|
14 Heat trace asymptotics on compact nilmanifolds of the dimensions five and six |
|
|
264 | (7) |
|
14.1 The six-dimensional case |
|
|
264 | (5) |
|
14.2 The five-dimensional case |
|
|
269 | (8) |
|
|
271 | (260) |
|
Appendix A Basic theorems for pseudo-differential operators of Wey1 symbols and heat kernel construction |
|
|
272 | (5) |
|
Appendix B Heat kernel of the sub-Laplacian on 2-step nilpotent groups |
|
|
277 | (4) |
|
Appendix C The trace of the fundamental solution |
|
|
281 | (4) |
|
Appendix D Selberg trace formula |
|
|
285 | (2) |
|
|
287 | (1) |
|
|
287 | (4) |
|
Zeta Functions of Elliptic Cone Operators |
|
|
291 | (30) |
|
|
|
291 | (1) |
|
|
292 | (2) |
|
|
294 | (3) |
|
4 Cone differential operators |
|
|
297 | (4) |
|
|
301 | (5) |
|
|
306 | (2) |
|
7 Rays of minimal growth for elliptic cone operators |
|
|
308 | (5) |
|
|
313 | (5) |
|
|
318 | (3) |
|
Pseudodifferential Operators on Manifolds: A Coordinate-free Approach |
|
|
321 | |
|
|
|
|
321 | (1) |
|
2 PDOs: local definition and basic properties |
|
|
322 | (2) |
|
|
324 | (3) |
|
4 PDOs: a coordinate-free approach |
|
|
327 | (3) |
|
5 Functions of the Laplacian |
|
|
330 | (3) |
|
6 An approximate spectral projection |
|
|
333 | (2) |
|
7 Other known results and possible developments |
|
|
335 | (4) |
|
7.1 Other definitions for scalar PDOs |
|
|
335 | (1) |
|
7.2 Operators on sections of vector bundles |
|
|
336 | (1) |
|
|
337 | (1) |
|
|
337 | (1) |
|
7.5 Operators generated by vector fields |
|
|
337 | (1) |
|
7.6 Operators on Lie groups |
|
|
338 | (1) |
|
7.7 Geometric aspects and physical applications |
|
|
338 | (1) |
|
7.8 Global phase functions |
|
|
338 | (1) |
|
|
339 | |