Long-time self-similarity of classical solutions to the bipolar quantum hydrodynamic models Original Research Article

In this paper, a bipolar transient quantum hydrodynamic model (BQHD) for charge density, current density and electric field is considered on the one-dimensional real line. This model takes the form of the classical Euler–Poisson system with additional dispersion caused by the quantum (Bohn) potential. We investigate the long-time behavior of the BQHD model and show the asymptotical self-similarity property of the global smooth solution. Namely, both of the charge densities tend to a nonlinear diffusion wave in large time, which is not a solution to the BQHD equation, but to the combined quasi-neutral, relaxation and semiclassical limiting model. Next, as a by-product, we can compare the large-time behavior of the bipolar quantum hydrodynamic models and of the corresponding classical bipolar hydrodynamic models. As far as we know, the nonlinear diffusion phenomena about the 1D BQHD is new.