On the master-equation approach to kinetic theory: Linear and nonlinear fokker-planck equations

Transport Theory and Statistical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 5-7, 2004, Pages 379-401

  Kiessling, Michael ^a   Lancellotti, Carlo ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Fokker Planck equation; Kinetic theory; Landau equation; Propagation of chaos

Indexed keywords

EID: 20744440927     PISSN: 00411450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/TT-200053929     Document Type: Article

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