Fokker-Planck equations of stochastic acceleration: A study of numerical methods

Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 255-267

  Park, Brian T ^a   Petrosian, Vahe ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceleration of particles; Diffusion; Methods: numerical

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000034956     PISSN: 00670049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/192278     Document Type: Article

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