Semiclassical limit for the Schrodinger equation with a short scale periodic potential

Citation
F. Hovermann et al., Semiclassical limit for the Schrodinger equation with a short scale periodic potential, COMM MATH P, 215(3), 2001, pp. 609-629
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00103616 → ACNP
Volume
215
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
609 - 629
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-3616(200101)215:3<609:SLFTSE>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We consider the dynamics generated by the Schrodinger operator H = -1/2 Del ta + V(x) + W (epsilonx), where V is a lattice periodic potential and W an external potential which varies slowly on the scale set by the lattice spac ing. We prove that in the limit epsilon --> 0 the time dependent position o perator and, more generally, semiclassical observables converge strongly to a limit which is determined by the semiclassical dynamics.