Numerical solution of the electron transport equation
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Authors
Woods, Mark
Issue Date
2016-08
Type
Electronic thesis
Thesis
Thesis
Language
ENG
Keywords
Mathematics
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Abstract
This method is verified by showing that under certain restrictive assumptions, the electron transport equation has an exact solution that can be written as an integral. We show that the solution from the upwind method agrees with the quadrature evaluation of the exact solution. This serves to verify that the upwind method is properly solving the electron transport equation. Further, it is demonstrated that the output of the upwind method can be used to compute auroral light emissions.
Description
August 2016
School of Science
School of Science
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Publisher
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY