Discretization of the Multiscale Semiconductor Boltzmann Equation by Diffusive Relaxation Schemes

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 312-330

  Jin, Shi ^a   Pareschi, Lorenzo ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusive relaxation schemes; Drift diffusion limit; Semiconductor Boltzmann equation; Wild sums

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

DIFFUSIVE REGIME; DIFFUSIVE RELAXATION SCHEME; DISCRETIZATIONS; DRIFT-DIFFUSION LIMIT; EVEN PARITY; KINETIC REGIME; RELAXATION SCHEMES; SEMICONDUCTOR BOLTZMANN EQUATION; TRANSPORT EQUATION; WILD SUM;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 0010663847     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.2000.6506     Document Type: Article

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