BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTED QUANTUM STEADY-STATES AND THEIR CLASSICAL LIMIT

Authors
Citation
Pa. Markowich, BOLTZMANN DISTRIBUTED QUANTUM STEADY-STATES AND THEIR CLASSICAL LIMIT, Forum mathematicum, 6(1), 1994, pp. 1-33
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Mathematics,Mathematics,Mathematics
Journal title
ISSN journal
09337741
Volume
6
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1 - 33
Database
ISI
SICI code
0933-7741(1994)6:1<1:BDQSAT>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We prove existence and uniqueness of Boltzmann distributed quantum ste ady states of an electron ensemble which moves under the actions of th e self-consistent Coulomb potential and of an external potential. The case of the particles confined to a three-dimensional bounded domain a nd the whole space case in R3 is analyzed. Also, we prove the existenc e of the classical limit. As the Planck constant tends to zero we obta in a Maxwellian eqilibrium solution of the Vlasov-Poisson problem.