The initial time layer problem and the quasineutral limit in the semiconductor drift-diffusion model

European Journal of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 497-512

  Gasser, Ingenuin ^a   Levermore, C David ^b   Markowich, Peter A ^c   Schmeiser, Christian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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EID: 0035645366     PISSN: 09567925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956792501004533     Document Type: Article

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