Dissipative linear Boltzmann equation for hard spheres

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 635-664

  Lods, Bertrand ^a   Toscani, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

equilibrium state; gases; linear Fokker Planck equation; trend to equilibrium

Indexed keywords

EID: 7244225167     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-004-2267-7     Document Type: Article

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