Parity-decomposition and moment analysis for stationary Wigner equation with inflow boundary conditions

Abstract

We study the stationary Wigner equation on a bounded, onedimensional spatial domain with inflow boundary conditions by using the parity decomposition of L. Barletti and P. F. Zweifel [Transport Theory Statist. Phys., 2001, 30(4-6): 507–520]. The decomposition reduces the half-range, two-point boundary value problem into two decoupled initial value problems of the even part and the odd part. Without using a cutoff approximation around zero velocity, we prove that the initial value problem for the even part is well-posed. For the odd part, we prove the uniqueness of the solution in the odd L²-space by analyzing the moment system. An example is provided to show that how to use the analysis to obtain the solution of the stationary Wigner equation with inflow boundary conditions.

Keywords

Stationary Wigner equation / inflow boundary conditions / wellposedness / parity-decomposition / moment analysis

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