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A linearized model of quantum transport with interface conditions in the adiabatic regime

We introduce a modified model where h-dependent artificial interface conditions, occurring at the boundary of an interaction region, allow to obtain adiabatic approximations for the relevant resonant states connected to the quantum transport problem. Under positivity assumptions on the potential, we show that this modification produces a small perturbation of the dynamics on any time scale. The result extends to the corresponding non-autonomous case, allowing us to consider the adiabatic evolution problem in the modified setting. In this framework, we give an expansion formula for the small-h asymptotics of the adiabatic variable, where the error introduced on the adiabatic dynamics by the interface conditions is polynomially small w.r.t. h, independently from the adiabatic time scale. This result provides with a rigorous mathematical framework for the interface conditions approach to the analysis of the adiabatic transport problem in the quantum wells regime.