Moment methods for the semiconductor Boltzmann equation on bounded position domains

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1078-1095

  Ringhofer, C ^a   Schmeiser, C ^b   Zwirchmayer, A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Moment expansion; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035382405     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142998335984     Document Type: Article

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