On the Landau approximation in plasma physics

Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Analyse Non Lineaire

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-95

  Alexandre, R ^a   Villani, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b UNITÉ DE MATHÉMATIQUES PURES ET APPLIQUÉES   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ENTROPY; FREE ENERGY; KINETIC THEORY; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES; POISSON EQUATION;

PLASMA PHYSICS;

PLASMA THEORY;

EID: 0842329921     PISSN: 02941449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anihpc.2002.12.001     Document Type: Article

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