Approximation of Thermal Equilibrium for Quantum Gases with Discontinuous Potentials and Application to Semiconductor Devices

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 780-805

  Gardner, Carl L ^a   Ringhofer, Christian ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTUM THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

CONSERVATION LAWS; QUANTUM GASES;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

EID: 0032097932     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139996303907     Document Type: Article

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