The atomic mix approximation for charged particle transport

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-58

  Larsen, Edward W ^a   Liang, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic analysis; Homogenization; Particle transport; Random media

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC MIX APPROXIMATION; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; RANDOM MEDIA;

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; CHARGED PARTICLES; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 41849109459     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/060663015     Document Type: Article

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