Spectral method for solving a time-dependent Schroedinger equation on a non-uniform coordinate grid

Seminars

Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics

Seminar on Few-Body Systems

Date and Time: Tuesday, 17 September 2024, at 11:00 AM

Venue: Blokhintsev Lecture Hall, Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, online on Zoom

Seminar topic: “Spectral method for solving a time-dependent Schroedinger equation on a non-uniform coordinate grid”

Speaker: Maxim Zakharov (FLNP at JINR)

Abstract:

The talk is devoted to the results of the study of methods for numerical solution of a time-dependent Schrodinger equation. The fundamental possibility of the numerical solution of a time-dependent Schrodinger equation for a wave function defined on a non-uniform coordinate grid by the spectral method using the fast Fourier transform algorithm is discussed. The method is based on reducing the non-uniform coordinate grid to a uniform one by a non-linear transformation of coordinates and approximation of the obtained evolution operator using the Lee-Trotter-Suzuki product formula. Algorithms for the numerical solution of the first and second orders are constructed.