The Child-Langmuir limit for semiconductors: A numerical validation

Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1161-1176

  Cáceres, María José ^a   Carrillo, José Antonio ^a   Degond, Pierre ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE MATHÉMATIQUES DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Boltzmann Poisson system; Child Langmuir limit; Semiconductor devices; WENO schemes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036880191     PISSN: 0764583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/m2an:2003011     Document Type: Article

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