Asymptotic gauge-invariant Hybrid High-Order method for magnetic Schrödinger equations
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| author | Aghili, Joubine |
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| contents | We introduce a Hybrid High-Order (HHO) method for the Schrödinger equation in the presence of a magnetic vector potential. In quantum mechanics, physical observables are invariant under continuous gauge transformations, which must be kept at the discrete level to avoid unphysical artifacts. To address this, we construct a discrete covariant gradient operator on arbitrary polyhedral meshes. We prove that the resulting discrete bilinear form guarantees gauge covariance asymptotically at the discrete level. The resulting scheme achieves optimal convergence rates and preserves a discrete Garding inequality, guaranteeing a stable ground state. The theoretical properties of the scheme are corroborated by numerical experiments, including the computation of the Fock-Darwin fundamental energy and replicating the Aharonov-Bohm effect. |
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| spellingShingle | Asymptotic gauge-invariant Hybrid High-Order method for magnetic Schrödinger equations Aghili, Joubine Numerical Analysis Computational Physics We introduce a Hybrid High-Order (HHO) method for the Schrödinger equation in the presence of a magnetic vector potential. In quantum mechanics, physical observables are invariant under continuous gauge transformations, which must be kept at the discrete level to avoid unphysical artifacts. To address this, we construct a discrete covariant gradient operator on arbitrary polyhedral meshes. We prove that the resulting discrete bilinear form guarantees gauge covariance asymptotically at the discrete level. The resulting scheme achieves optimal convergence rates and preserves a discrete Garding inequality, guaranteeing a stable ground state. The theoretical properties of the scheme are corroborated by numerical experiments, including the computation of the Fock-Darwin fundamental energy and replicating the Aharonov-Bohm effect. |
| title | Asymptotic gauge-invariant Hybrid High-Order method for magnetic Schrödinger equations |
| topic | Numerical Analysis Computational Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15116 |