scholarly journals Existence and concentration of solutions for a non-linear fractional Schrödinger equation with steep potential well

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 535-547 ◽  
Author(s):  
César E. Torres Ledesma
Keyword(s):  
Schrödinger Equation ◽  
Schrodinger Equation ◽  
Potential Well ◽  
Fractional Schrödinger Equation ◽  
Concentration Of Solutions ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Steep Potential Well ◽  
Fractional Schrodinger Equation

scholarly journals Computing the Ground and First Excited States of the Fractional Schrödinger Equation in an Infinite Potential Well

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 321-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siwei Duo ◽  
Yanzhi Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Schrödinger Equation ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Schrodinger Equation ◽  
Fractional Laplacian ◽  
Ground States ◽  
Euler Method ◽  
Potential Well ◽  
Fractional Schrödinger Equation ◽  
Fractional Schrodinger Equation ◽  
Infinite Potential Well

AbstractIn this paper, we numerically study the ground and first excited states of the fractional Schrödinger equation in an infinite potential well. Due to the nonlocality of the fractional Laplacian, it is challenging to find the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the fractional Schrödinger equation analytically. We first introduce a normalized fractional gradient flow and then discretize it by a quadrature rule method in space and the semi-implicit Euler method in time. Our numerical results suggest that the eigenfunctions of the fractional Schrödinger equation in an infinite potential well differ from those of the standard (non-fractional) Schrödinger equation. We find that the strong nonlocal interactions represented by the fractional Laplacian can lead to a large scattering of particles inside of the potential well. Compared to the ground states, the scattering of particles in the first excited states is larger. Furthermore, boundary layers emerge in the ground states and additionally inner layers exist in the first excited states of the fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Our simulated eigenvalues are consistent with the lower and upper bound estimates in the literature.

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