A. Jungel, A NONLINEAR DEGENERATE ELLIPTIC SYSTEM ARISING IN QUANTUM SEMICONDUCTOR MODELING, Zeitschrift fur angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, 77, 1997, pp. 581-582
A nonlinear elliptic problem is derived from the isothermal or isentro
pic stationary quantum hydrodynamic model in the gradient-flow case. T
he problem is complemented will physically motivated Dirichlet boundar
y conditions. Existence of solutions can be shown if the electric ener
gy is small compared to tile thermal energy. Furthermore, uniqueness o
f solutions is proven or small data.