Efficient Structure Preserving Schemes for the Klein-Gordon-Schrodinger Equations

We construct three efficient and accurate numerical methods for solving the Klein-Gordon-Schrodinger (KGS) equations with/without damping terms. The first one is based on the original SAV approach, it preserves a modified Hamiltonian but does not preserve the wave energy. The second one is based on the Lagrange multiplier SAV approach, it preserves both the original Hamiltonian and wave energy, but requires solving a nonlinear algebraic system which may require smaller time steps to have real solutions. The third one is also based on the Lagrange multiplier approach and preserves the Hamiltonian and wave energy in a slightly different form, but it leads to a nonlinear quadratic system for the Lagrange multiplier which can always be explicitly solved. We present ample numerical tests to validate the three schemes, and provide a comparison on the efficiency and accuracy of the three schemes for the KGS equations.

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We propose three numerical methods for solving the Klein-Gordon-Schrodinger (KGS) equations with/without damping terms, based on the SAV approach, Lagrange multiplier SAV approach, and Lagrange multiplier approach. These methods differ in how they preserve the Hamiltonian and wave energy, but all are validated through numerical tests for efficiency and accuracy in solving the KGS equations.