Low and high field scaling limits for the Vlasov- and Wigner-Poisson-Fokker-Planck systems

Transport Theory and Statistical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 121-153

  Arnold, A ^a   Carrillo, J A ^b   Gamba, I ^b   Shu, C W ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Domain decomposition; Drift diffusion models; Scaling limits; Semiconductor models; Vlasov Poisson Fokker Planck equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035621902     PISSN: 00411450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/TT-100105365     Document Type: Article

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