Diffusion approximations of a linear kinetic equation with inelastic scattering: Asymptotic analysis and numerical results

Transport Theory and Statistical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 475-498

  Banasiak, Jacek ^a   Demeio, Lucio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diffusion approximation; Inelastic scattering; Kinetic theory; Lorentz gas

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033242507     PISSN: 00411450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00411459908205854     Document Type: Article

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