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The Evolution of a Gas in a Radiation Field from a Kinetic Point of View

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An existence theorem is derived for a system of kinetic equations describing the evolution of a gas in a radiation field from a kinetic point of view. The geometrical setting is the slab and given indata. The photons ingoing distribution functions are Dirac measures.

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Nouri, A. The Evolution of a Gas in a Radiation Field from a Kinetic Point of View. Journal of Statistical Physics 106, 589–622 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013758305917

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