Variational formulations for Vlasov-Poisson-Fokker-Planck systems

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 803-843

  Huang, Chaocheng ^a   Jordan, Richard ^b  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; FREE ENERGY; FUNCTIONS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

BOLTZMANN CONSTANTS; KANTOROVICH FUNCTIONALS; STEEPEST DESCENT; VLASOV-POISSON-FOKKER-PLANCK SYSTEM;

VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0034204570     PISSN: 01704214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1476(200006)23:9<803::AID-MMA137>3.0.CO;2-#     Document Type: Article

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