Maximum-entropy principle for static and dynamic high-field transport in semiconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Trovato, M ^a   Reggiani, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

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EID: 33745169037     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.245209     Document Type: Article

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