A Time-Space Adaptive Method for the Schrödinger Equation

A Time-Space Adaptive Method for the Schrödinger Equation

Year:    2016

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 20 (2016), Iss. 1 : pp. 60–85

Abstract

In this paper, we present a discretization of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation based on a Magnus-Lanczos time integrator and high-order Gauss-Lobatto finite elements in space. A truncated Galerkin orthogonality is used to obtain duality-based a posteriori error estimates that address the temporal and the spatial error separately. Based on this theory, a space-time adaptive solver for the Schrödinger equation is devised. An efficient matrix-free implementation of the differential operator, suited for spectral elements, is used to enable computations for realistic configurations. We demonstrate the performance of the algorithm for the example of matter-field interaction.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.101214.021015a

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 20 (2016), Iss. 1 : pp. 60–85

Published online:    2016-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    26

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