Numerical solution of an ionic Fokker-Planck equation with electronic temperature

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1219-1253

  Buet, C ^a   Dellacherie, S ^b   Sentis, R ^a  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

Author keywords

Fokker Planck Landau equation; Kinetics model; Numerical scheme; Plasma physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035453010     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142999359669     Document Type: Article

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