Numerical solution of semiconductor Fokker-Planck kinetic equations

European Congress on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences and Engineering, ECCOMAS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Kaupuzs, Jevgenijs ^a   Rimshans, Janis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Collision integrals; Difference scheme; Electron electron scattering; Pauli principle; Semiconductor Fokker Planck equation

Indexed keywords

COLLISION INTEGRAL; DIFFERENCE SCHEMES; ELECTRON-ELECTRON COLLISIONS; ELECTRON-ELECTRON SCATTERING; MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; NONLINEAR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PAULI PRINCIPLE; SECOND ORDER DERIVATIVES;

BOLTZMANN EQUATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; MOMENTUM; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PLASMA COLLISION PROCESSES;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 84893356796     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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