The Adaptive Wavelet Collocation Method and Its Application in Front Simulation

The adaptive wavelet collocation method （AWCM） is a variable grid technology for solving partial differential equations （PDEs） with high singularities. Based on interpolating wavelets, the AWCM adapts the grid so that a higher resolution is automatically attributed to domain regions with high singularities. Accuracy problems with the AWCM have been reported in the literature, and in this paper problems of efficiency with the AWCM are discussed in detail through a simple one-dimensional （1D） nonlinear advection equation whose analytic solution is easily obtained. A simple and efficient implementation of the AWCM is investigated. Through studying the maximum errors at the moment of frontogenesis of the 1D nonlinear advection equation with different initial values and a comparison with the finite difference method （FDM） on a uniform grid, the AWCM shows good potential for modeling the front efficiently. The AWCM is also applied to a two-dimensional （2D） unbalanced frontogenesis model in its first attempt at numerical simulation of a meteorological front. Some important characteristics about the model are revealed by the new scheme.

Excitonic Eigenstates of Disordered Semiconductor Quantum Wires:Adaptive Wavelet Computation of Eigenvalues for the Electron-Hole Schrodinger Equation

A novel adaptive approach to compute the eigenenergies and eigenfunctions of the two-particle(electron-hole)Schrodinger equation including Coulomb attraction is presented.As an example,we analyze the energetically lowest exciton state of a thin one-dimensional semiconductor quantum wire in the presence of disorder which arises from the non-smooth interface between the wire and surrounding material.The eigenvalues of the corresponding Schrodinger equation,i.e.,the onedimensional exciton Wannier equation with disorder,correspond to the energies of excitons in the quantum wire.The wavefunctions,in turn,provide information on the optical properties of the wire.We reformulate the problem of two interacting particles that both can move in one dimension as a stationary eigenvalue problem with two spacial dimensions in an appropriate weak form whose bilinear form is arranged to be symmetric,continuous,and coercive.The disorder of the wire is modelled by adding a potential in the Hamiltonian which is generated by normally distributed random numbers.The numerical solution of this problem is based on adaptive wavelets.Our scheme allows for a convergence proof of the resulting scheme together with complexity estimates.Numerical examples demonstrate the behavior of the smallest eigenvalue,the ground state energies of the exciton,together with the eigenstates depending on the strength and spatial correlation of disorder.