Computational methods for electromagnetic phenomena : electrostatics in solvation, scattering, and electron transport / / Wei Cai [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Cai Wei <1962->
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 444 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 537.01/51
• Soggetto topico: Electromagnetism - Mathematical models; Electrostatics; Electron transport
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Machine generated contents note: Part I. Electrostatics in Solvations: 1. Dielectric constant and fluctuation formulae for molecular dynamics; 2. Poisson-Boltzmann electrostatics and analytical approximations; 3. Numerical methods for Poisson-Boltzmann equations; 4. Fast algorithms for long-range interactions; Part II. Electromagnetic Scattering: 5. Maxwell equations, potentials, and physical/artificial boundary conditions; 6. Dyadic Green's functions in layered media; 7. High order methods for surface electromagnetic integral equations; 8. High order hierarchical Nedelec edge elements; 9. Time domain methods -- discontinuous Galerkin method and Yee scheme; 10. Computing scattering in periodic structures and surface plasmons; 11. Solving Schrödinger equations in waveguides and quantum dots; Part III. Electron Transport: 12. Quantum electron transport in semiconductors; 13. Non-equilibrium Green's function (NEGF) methods for transport; 14. Numerical methods for Wigner quantum transport; 15. Hydrodynamics electron transport and finite difference methods; 16. Transport models in plasma media and numerical methods.
• Sommario/riassunto: A unique and comprehensive graduate text and reference on numerical methods for electromagnetic phenomena, from atomistic to continuum scales, in biology, optical-to-micro waves, photonics, nanoelectronics and plasmas. The state-of-the-art numerical methods described include: • Statistical fluctuation formulae for the dielectric constant • Particle-Mesh-Ewald, Fast-Multipole-Method and image-based reaction field method for long-range interactions • High-order singular/hypersingular (Nyström collocation/Galerkin) boundary and volume integral methods in layered media for Poisson-Boltzmann electrostatics, electromagnetic wave scattering and electron density waves in quantum dots • Absorbing and UPML boundary conditions • High-order hierarchical Nédélec edge elements • High-order discontinuous Galerkin (DG) and Yee finite difference time-domain methods • Finite element and plane wave frequency-domain methods for periodic structures • Generalized DG beam propagation method for optical waveguides • NEGF(Non-equilibrium Green's function) and Wigner kinetic methods for quantum transport • High-order WENO and Godunov and central schemes for hydrodynamic transport • Vlasov-Fokker-Planck and PIC and constrained MHD transport in plasmas
• Titolo autorizzato: Computational methods for electromagnetic phenomena
• ISBN: 1-139-61054-6; 1-107-23570-7; 1-139-61240-9; 1-139-60888-6; 1-139-10815-8; 1-139-61612-9; 1-139-62542-X; 1-283-87054-1; 1-139-62170-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452917903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II