Neutral particle collisional relaxation of suprathermal distributions in aeronomy

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 915-922

  Shizgal, Bernie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Distribution functions; Relaxation times; Suprathermal populations

Indexed keywords

ASTRONOMY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PHOTODISSOCIATION; PLANETS;

BOLTZMANN EQUATIONS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; RELAXATION TIMES; SUPRATHERMAL POPULATIONS;

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

EID: 4544310891     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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