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The spatially discrete to continuous limit in the nonlocal quantum diffusion equation

Daniel Matthes·Eva-Maria Rott
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We propose and analyse a spatial discretization of the non-local Quantum Drift Diffusion (nlQDD) model by Degond, Mèhats and Ringhofer in one space dimension. With our approach, that uses consistently matrices on ${\mathbb C}^N$ instead of operators on $L^2$, we circumvent a variety of analytical subtleties in the analysis of the original nlQDD equation, e.g. related to positivity of densities or to the quantum exponential function. Our starting point is spatially discretized quantum Boltzmann equation with a BGK-type collision kernel, from which we derive the discretized nlQDD model in the diffusive limit. Then we verify that solutions dissipate the von-Neumann entropy, which is a known key property of the original nlQDD, and prove global existence of positive solutions, which seems to be a particular feature of the discretization. Our main result concerns convergence of the scheme: discrete solutions converge -- locally uniformly with respect to space and time -- to classical solutions of the the original nlQDD model on any time interval $[0,T)$ on which the latter remain positive. In particular, this extends the existence theory for nlQDD, that has been established only for initial data close to equilibrium so far.

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Daniel Matthes, Eva-Maria Rott. 2025-02-28. The spatially discrete to continuous limit in the nonlocal quantum diffusion equation. https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.21062

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