Asymptotic theory of the linear transport equation for small mean free paths. I

DOI10.1103/PhysRevA.13.1933zbMath0415.76057MaRDI QIDQ3204886

Jose D'Arruda, Edward W. Larsen

Publication date: 1976

Published in: Physical Review A (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

density; interaction; external electric field; internal sources; asymptotic theory; linear transport equation; rarefied gas; average velocity; small mean free path; denser gas

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76P05: Rarefied gas flows, Boltzmann equation in fluid mechanics

76W05: Magnetohydrodynamics and electrohydrodynamics

82C70: Transport processes in time-dependent statistical mechanics

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