Inelastic scattering models in transport theory and their small mean free path analysis

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-145

  Banasiak, J ^a   Frosali, G ^c   Spiga, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c Università di Parma ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; CHAPMAN-ENSKOG EXPANSION; INELASTIC SCATTERING MODELS; SMALL MEAN FREE PATH ANALYSIS; TRANSPORT THEORY;

LINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 0033675915     PISSN: 01704214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1476(20000125)23:2<121::AID-MMA107>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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