On isotropic distributional solutions to the Boltzmann equation for Bose-Einstein particles

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 1597-1649

  Lu, Xuguang ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Bose Einstein condensation; Bose Emstein particles; Distributional solution; Equilibrium; Hard sphere model

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744435970     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:JOSS.0000041750.11320.9c     Document Type: Article

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