Convergence to equilibrium for the linearized cometary flow equation

Transport Theory and Statistical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 109-136

  Fellner, Klemens ^a   Miljanovic, Vera ^a   Schmeiser, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b JOHANN RADON INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cometary flows; Convergence to global equilibrium; Inhomogenous kinetic equation; Wave particle collision operator

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548421935     PISSN: 00411450     EISSN: 15322424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00411450600901755     Document Type: Article

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