A discrete-velocity, stationary Wigner equation

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 7167-7180

  Arnold, Anton ^a   Lange, Horst ^b   Zweifel, Paul F ^c  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034345632     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1318732     Document Type: Article

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