On the distribution of free path lengths for the periodic Lorentz gas

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 491-508

  Bourgain, Jean ^a   Golse, François ^b   Wennberg, Bernt ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0032326766     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002200050249     Document Type: Article

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