Kinetics of a model weakly ionized plasma in the presence of multiple equilibria

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 193-218

  Carlen, E ^a   Esposito, R ^a   Lebowitz, J L ^a   Marra, R ^a   Rokhlenko, A ^a  

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EID: 0032393068     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002050050090     Document Type: Article

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