Kinetic boundary layers and fluid-kinetic coupling in semiconductors

Transport Theory and Statistical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-55

  Degond, Pierre ^a   Schmeiser, Christian ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Domain decomposition; Drift diffusion model; Energy transport model; Milne problem; Semiconductor Boltzmann equation; Spherical harmonics expansion model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033248865     PISSN: 00411450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00411459908214514     Document Type: Article

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