Comparison between navier-stokes and direct Monte-Carlo simulations of the circumnuclear coma: I. Homogeneous, Spherical Source

Icarus

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 249-268

  Crifo, J F ^a   Lukianov, G A ^b   Rodionov, A V ^c   Khanlarov, G O ^b   Zakharov, V V ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Central Research Institute on Machine Building (TsNIIMASH)   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 0036258358     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2001.6769     Document Type: Article

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