Existence of solutions of a kinetic equation modeling cometary flows

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 361-376

  Degond, Pierre ^a   López, José L ^b   Poupaud, Frédéric ^c   Schmeiser, Christian ^d  

^a INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Approximate solution; Cometary flows; Cosmic rays; Dispersive lemma; Kinetic equation; Quasilinear plasma theory; Wave particle collision operator

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033245930     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004584719071     Document Type: Article

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