General Path-Integral Successive-Collision Solution of the Bounded Dynamic Multi-Swarm Problem.

Abstract

The path-integral successive-collision methods is extended and applied to the set of linear Boltzmann equations for a very general initial- and boundary-value multi-swarm problem allowing for volume production, reactive collisions, and various particle-surface interaction processes. The complete formal solution is given, and its convergence is inferred from a simple physical argument. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 23, 1983
Accession Number
ADA136961

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  • S. Kuhn

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

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  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Collisions
  • Distribution Functions
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics
  • Electrons
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Integral Equations
  • Integrals
  • Particles
  • Path Integrals
  • Production
  • Secondary Emission
  • Simulations
  • Universities

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  • Mathematics

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  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Ballistic Missile Meteorology
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)

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