On relativistic collisional invariants

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 439-445

  Cercignani, C ^a   Kremer, G M ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Collision invariants; Kinetic theory; Relativity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033245922     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004545104959     Document Type: Article

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