Boltzmann equations for mixtures of maxwell Gases: Exact solutions and power like tails

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 124, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 497-516

  Bobylev, A V ^a   Gamba, I M ^b  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation gas mixture; Maxwell models exact solutions high energy tails

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751038059     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-006-9044-8     Document Type: Article

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