Hamilton's principal function for the Brownian motion of a particle and the Schrödinger–Langevin equation

1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 311-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Razavy
Keyword(s):  
Brownian Motion ◽  
Langevin Equation ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Dissipative System ◽  
Heat Bath ◽  
Linear Wave ◽  
Many Body ◽  
Formal Similarity ◽  
Linear Wave Equation ◽  
Frictional Forces

The Brownian motion of a particle coupled to a heat bath can be derived from an exactly solvable many-body system. This motion is governed by the Langevin equation in Newtonian mechanics, and by an operator equation formally identical to the Langevin equation when the system composed of the particle plus the heat bath is quantized. To get this formal similarity between the classical and the quantal equations of motion of the particle, the classical dissipative system is formulated in terms of a modified Hamilton–Jacobi equation and is then quantized using the Schrödinger method. The result is identical with the Schrödinger–Langevin equation that has been obtained by quantizing the entire system and then isolating the motion of the particle. The non-linear wave equation describing the motion of a particle subject to conservative and time-dependent forces as well as frictional forces has been applied to the problems of motion of a wave-packet, and of the scattering and trapping of heavy-ions.

Wave equation for dissipative motion

1991 ◽  
Vol 69 (10) ◽  
pp. 1225-1232 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Razavy
Keyword(s):  
Wave Equation ◽  
Single Particle ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Dissipative System ◽  
Heat Bath ◽  
Initial Position ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Reduced Form ◽  
Body System ◽  
Many Body

From a quantized many-body system a wave equation for the motion of a particle linearly coupled to a heat bath is derived. The effective Hamiltonian describing the motion of the single particle is explicitly time dependent, and for a quadratic potential, has a simple dependence on the initial position and momentum of the particle. For the case of dissipative harmonic motion, a time-dependent wave equation is derived and the ground-state wave function is determined. It is also shown that if the equations of motion for the many-body system is Galilean invariant, the reduced form of equation of motion for the single particle is not. However a generalized form of transformation for the position and momentum operators, to a coordinate system moving with constant velocity, is obtained, which reduces to the Galilean transformation when the coupling to the dissipative system is turned off.

Randomly perturbed vibrations

1995 ◽  
Vol 32 (02) ◽  
pp. 417-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Elshamy
Keyword(s):  
Dirichlet Boundary ◽  
Space Variable ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Linear Wave ◽  
Stochastic Perturbations ◽  
Uniform Topology ◽  
Linear Wave Equation ◽  
Random Forcing ◽  
Continuity Properties ◽  
Positive Time

Let u ε(t, x) be the position at time t of a point x on a string, where the time variable t varies in an interval I: = [0, T], T is a fixed positive time, and the space variable x varies in an interval J. The string is performing forced vibrations and also under the influence of small stochastic perturbations of intensity ε. We consider two kinds of random perturbations, one in the form of initial white noise, and the other is a nonlinear random forcing which involves the formal derivative of a Brownian sheet. When J has finite endpoints, a Dirichlet boundary condition is imposed for the solutions of the resulting non-linear wave equation. Assuming that the initial conditions are of sufficient regularity, we analyze the deviations u ε(t, x) from u 0(t, x), the unperturbed position function, as the intensity of perturbation ε ↓ 0 in the uniform topology. We also discuss some continuity properties of the realization of the solutions u ε(t, x).

A Second Order Lagrangian Model for Irregular Ocean Waves

2005 ◽  
Vol 128 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien Fouques ◽  
Harald E. Krogstad ◽  
Dag Myrhaug
Keyword(s):  
Specular Reflection ◽  
Fluid Velocity ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Wave Theory ◽  
Ocean Waves ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Lagrangian Model ◽  
Lagrangian Description ◽  
Linear Wave ◽  
Irregular Solution

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging of ocean waves involves both the geometry and the kinematics of the sea surface. However, the traditional linear wave theory fails to describe steep waves, which are likely to bring about specular reflection of the radar beam, and it may overestimate the surface fluid velocity that causes the so-called velocity bunching effect. Recently, the interest for a Lagrangian description of ocean gravity waves has increased. Such an approach considers the motion of individual labeled fluid particles and the free surface elevation is derived from the surface particles positions. The first order regular solution to the Lagrangian equations of motion for an inviscid and incompressible fluid is the so-called Gerstner wave. It shows realistic features such as sharper crests and broader troughs as the wave steepness increases. This paper proposes a second order irregular solution to these equations. The general features of the first and second order waves are described, and some statistical properties of various surface parameters such as the orbital velocity, slope, and mean curvature are studied.

scholarly journals Energy decay rate for a quasi-linear wave equation with localized strong dissipation

2011 ◽  
Vol 62 (1) ◽  
pp. 164-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daewook Kim ◽  
Yong Han Kang ◽  
Mi Jin Lee ◽  
Il Hyo Jung
Keyword(s):  
Wave Equation ◽  
Decay Rate ◽  
Energy Decay ◽  
Linear Wave ◽  
Linear Wave Equation ◽  
Energy Decay Rate

scholarly journals Parameter identification for the linear wave equation with Robin boundary condition

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-41
Author(s):  
Valeria Bacchelli ◽  
Dario Pierotti ◽  
Stefano Micheletti ◽  
Simona Perotto
Keyword(s):  
Wave Equation ◽  
Mixed Boundary ◽  
Stability Result ◽  
Interval Length ◽  
Left Endpoint ◽  
Linear Wave ◽  
Reconstruction Procedure ◽  
Element Discretization ◽  
Linear Wave Equation ◽  
Bounded Interval

Abstract We consider an initial-boundary value problem for the classical linear wave equation, where mixed boundary conditions of Dirichlet and Neumann/Robin type are enforced at the endpoints of a bounded interval. First, by a careful application of the method of characteristics, we derive a closed-form representation of the solution for an impulsive Dirichlet data at the left endpoint, and valid for either a Neumann or a Robin data at the right endpoint. Then we devise a reconstruction procedure for identifying both the interval length and the Robin parameter. We provide a corresponding stability result and verify numerically its performance moving from a finite element discretization.

scholarly journals Godunov type scheme for the linear wave equation with Coriolis source term

2017 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 1-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Audusse ◽  
Stéphane Dellacherie ◽  
Minh Hieu Do ◽  
Pascal Omnes ◽  
Yohan Penel
Keyword(s):  
Wave Equation ◽  
Source Term ◽  
Linear Wave ◽  
Linear Wave Equation

scholarly journals Radial solutions to the Cauchy problem for □1+3U = 0 as limits of exterior solutions

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. 833-860
Author(s):  
Helge Kristian Jenssen ◽  
Charis Tsikkou
Keyword(s):  
Cauchy Problem ◽  
Wave Equation ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Initial Boundary ◽  
Cauchy Data ◽  
Linear Wave ◽  
Radial Solutions ◽  
Linear Wave Equation ◽  
Model Situation ◽  
Neumann Solutions

We consider the strategy of realizing the solution of a Cauchy problem (CP) with radial data as a limit of radial solutions to initial-boundary value problems posed on the exterior of vanishing balls centered at the origin. The goal is to gauge the effectiveness of this approach in a simple, concrete setting: the three-dimensional (3d), linear wave equation [Formula: see text] with radial Cauchy data [Formula: see text], [Formula: see text]. We are primarily interested in this as a model situation for other, possibly nonlinear, equations where neither formulae nor abstract existence results are available for the radial symmetric CP. In treating the 3d wave equation, we therefore insist on robust arguments based on energy methods and strong convergence. (In particular, this work does not address what can be established via solution formulae.) Our findings for the 3d wave equation show that while one can obtain existence of radial Cauchy solutions via exterior solutions, one should not expect such results to be optimal. The standard existence result for the linear wave equation guarantees a unique solution in [Formula: see text] whenever [Formula: see text]. However, within the constrained framework outlined above, we obtain strictly lower regularity for solutions obtained as limits of exterior solutions. We also show that external Neumann solutions yield better regularity than external Dirichlet solutions. Specifically, for Cauchy data in [Formula: see text], we obtain [Formula: see text]-solutions via exterior Neumann solutions, and only [Formula: see text]-solutions via exterior Dirichlet solutions.

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