Theoretical foundations for tail electron hydrodynamical models in semiconductors

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 245-252

  Anile, A M ^a   Mascali, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Hydrodynamical models; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000126244     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-9659(00)00144-0     Document Type: Article

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