The Chlid-Langmuir asymptotics of the Vlasov-Poisson equation for cylindrically or spherically symmetric diodes. Part 1: Statement of the problem and basic estimates

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 287-312

  Degond, P ^a,e   Jaffard, S ^b   Poupaud, F ^c   Raviart, P A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^d CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES APPLIQUÉES   (France)

^e Paris Descartes University   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; DIODES; ESTIMATION; GEOMETRY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BIAS; CHILD-LANGMUIR ASYMPTOTICS; SYMMETRIC DIODES; VACUUM DIODES; VLASOV-POISSON EQUATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 0030104999     PISSN: 01704214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1476(19960310)19:4<287::aid-mma774>3.0.co;2-h     Document Type: Article

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