Minimal Stochastic Model for Fermi's Acceleration

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 406011-406014

  Bouchet, Freddy ^a   Cecconi, Fabio ^a   Vulpiani, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CORRELATION METHODS; DIFFUSION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTIONS (ACF); BOLTZMANN EQUATIONS; ELASTIC COLLISIONS;

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EID: 1442355918     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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