A stochastic approach to nonequilibrium chain reactions in disordered systems: Breakdown of eikonal approximation

International Journal of Thermophysics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 957-975

  Vlad, M O ^a,b   Ross, J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Chain reactions in disordered systems, eikonal scaling; Non equilibrium thermodynamics; Renormalized kinetic equations; Statistical fractal scaling

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FRACTALS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM PROCESSES; REACTION KINETICS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

DISORDERED SYSTEMS; EIKONAL APPROXIMATION; EIKONAL SCALING; NONEQULIBRIUM CHAIN REACTIONS; STATISTICAL FRACTAL SCALING;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031187608     PISSN: 0195928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02575241     Document Type: Article

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