Generalized formulations of Maxwell's equations for numerical Vlasov-Maxwell simulations

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 657-680

  Barthelmé, Régine ^a   Ciarlet Jr , Patrick ^b   Sonnendrücker, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Existence; Maxwell; Uniqueness; Vlasov Maxwell

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248391864     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202507002066     Document Type: Article

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