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Focalization: A Numerical Test for Smoothing Effects of Collision Operators

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This paper deals with the numerical analysis of the focalization of a beam of particles. In particular, this model can be useful to check whether or not the cut-off Boltzmann equation leads to some kind of smoothing effect as for the Fokker-Planck–Landau equation

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  1. Laboratoire MAPMO, CNRS UMR 6628, Université d’Orléans, 45067, Orléans, cedex 2, France

    S. Cordier

  2. Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions, CNRS UMR 7598, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, BP 187, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252, Paris, cedex 5, France

    B. Lucquin-Desreux & S. Mancini

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Cordier, S., Lucquin-Desreux, B. & Mancini, S. Focalization: A Numerical Test for Smoothing Effects of Collision Operators. J Sci Comput 24, 311–320 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10915-004-4791-7

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