Equilibration rate for the linear inhomogeneous relaxation-time Boltzmann equation for charged particles

Communications in Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 969-989

  Cáceres, Maria J ^a   Carrillo, José A ^b   Goudon, Thierry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Entropy functional; Linear inhomogeneous equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038381004     PISSN: 03605302     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PDE-120021182     Document Type: Article

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