Analog of the Wigner-Moyal equation for the electromagnetic field

Physical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics

Volumn 62, Issue 3 B, 2000, Pages 4276-4282

  Mendonca J T ^a   Tsintsadze, N L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY;

CONSERVATION EQUATION; WIGNER DISTRIBUTION; WIGNER-MOYAL EQUATION;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 0034269989     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.62.4276     Document Type: Article

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