A generalized linear Boltzmann equation for non-classical particle transport

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 619-631

  Larsen, Edward W ^a   Vasques, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlated scattering centers; Particle transport; Random media

Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN-LIKE EQUATION; CHORD LENGTHS; CLASSICAL PARTICLE; CORRELATED SCATTERING; HOMOGENEOUS SYSTEM; LINEAR BOLTZMANN EQUATION; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PHOTON TRANSPORT; RANDOM MEDIA; SCATTERING CENTERS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SCATTERING;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION;

CORRELATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARTICLE MOTION; SCATTERING; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 78751579188     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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