Boltzmann equation solver adapted to emergent chemical non-equilibrium

Birrell, Jeremiah; Wilkening, Jon; Rafelski, Johann

doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2014.10.056

Title: Boltzmann equation solver adapted to emergent chemical non-equilibrium

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Authors:: Birrell, Jeremiah; Wilkening, Jon; Rafelski, Johann

Publication Date:: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2015

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1246987

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-04ER41318

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Journal of Computational Physics

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Journal of Computational Physics Journal Volume: 281 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-9991

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Birrell, Jeremiah, Wilkening, Jon, and Rafelski, Johann. Boltzmann equation solver adapted to emergent chemical non-equilibrium.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
Web.  doi:10.1016/j.jcp.2014.10.056.

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                    Birrell, Jeremiah, Wilkening, Jon, & Rafelski, Johann. Boltzmann equation solver adapted to emergent chemical non-equilibrium.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2014.10.056

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                    Birrell, Jeremiah, Wilkening, Jon, and Rafelski, Johann. Thu .  
"Boltzmann equation solver adapted to emergent chemical non-equilibrium".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2014.10.056.

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  title        = {Boltzmann equation solver adapted to emergent chemical non-equilibrium},

  author       = {Birrell, Jeremiah and Wilkening, Jon and Rafelski, Johann},

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