Gaussian short-time propagators and electron kinetics: Numerical evaluation of path-sum solutions to Fokker-Planck equations for rf heating and current drive

Physics of Plasmas

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2027-2030

  Bizarro, João P S ^a   Belo, Jorge H ^a   Figueiredo, António C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

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EID: 0009605150     PISSN: 1070664X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.872626     Document Type: Article

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