A time-splitting Fourier pseudospectral method for the Wigner(-Poisson)-Fokker-Planck equations

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author Yi, Qian
Xu, Limin
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Xu, Limin
contents In this article, we propose an efficient time-splitting Fourier pseudospectral method for the Wigner(-Poisson)-Fokker-Planck equations. The method achieves second-order accuracy in time and spectral accuracy in phase space, both of which are rigorously verified by numerical experiments. The validated scheme is then employed to study the long-time dynamics of these systems. We investigate the existence of steady states for both the Wigner-Fokker-Planck and Wigner-Poisson-Fokker-Planck equations. Notably, for the Wigner-Fokker-Planck system, our results provide numerical evidence for the existence of a steady state even when the external potential is far from harmonic. This is an important discovery, since this phenomenon has not been thoroughly established in theory.
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spellingShingle A time-splitting Fourier pseudospectral method for the Wigner(-Poisson)-Fokker-Planck equations
Yi, Qian
Xu, Limin
Numerical Analysis
Computational Physics
In this article, we propose an efficient time-splitting Fourier pseudospectral method for the Wigner(-Poisson)-Fokker-Planck equations. The method achieves second-order accuracy in time and spectral accuracy in phase space, both of which are rigorously verified by numerical experiments. The validated scheme is then employed to study the long-time dynamics of these systems. We investigate the existence of steady states for both the Wigner-Fokker-Planck and Wigner-Poisson-Fokker-Planck equations. Notably, for the Wigner-Fokker-Planck system, our results provide numerical evidence for the existence of a steady state even when the external potential is far from harmonic. This is an important discovery, since this phenomenon has not been thoroughly established in theory.
title A time-splitting Fourier pseudospectral method for the Wigner(-Poisson)-Fokker-Planck equations
topic Numerical Analysis
Computational Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.11153