Particle diffusion in an inhomogeneous medium

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 975-992

  Bringuier, E ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS;

COEFFICIENT OF DIFFUSION; CONTINUOUS SPACES; DISCRETE LATTICES; FOKKER PLANCK; INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; PARTICLE DIFFUSION; PARTICLE HOPPING; SIMPLE MODELING; STEP MODELS; UNIVERSITY COURSE;

FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION;

EID: 79959758731     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: 13616404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/32/4/012     Document Type: Article

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