Moment closure hierarchies for the Boltzmann-Poisson equation

VLSI Design

Volumn 6, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 97-101

  Levermore, C David ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boltzmann Poisson; Drift diffusion; Entropy; Hydrodynamic models; Hyperbolicity; Moment closures

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENTROPY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

MOMENT EQUATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 0031624276     PISSN: 1065514X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1998/39370     Document Type: Article

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