Recent research and preprints


C. Cercignani, I. M. Gamba, J.W. Jerome and C.W. Shu, Device Benchmark Comparisons via Kinetic, Hydrodynamic, and High-Field Models, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 381--392, (2000).  pdf file. ps file.


C. Cercignani, I. M. Gamba, J.W. Jerome and C.W. Shu, A Domain Decomposition Method for Silicon Devices, Transp. Theory Stat. Phys., vol. 29, (3--5), 525--536, (2000).  pdf file. ps file.


A. V. Bobylev, J. A. Carrillo, I. M. Gamba, On some properties of kinetic and hydrodynamic equations for inelastic interactions, J. Stat. Phys., 98, 743-773, 2000. pdf file. ps file.


A. Arnold, J. A. Carrillo, I. M. Gamba, C. Shu, Low and High Field Scaling Limits for the Vlasov- and Wigner-Poisson-Fokker-Planck Systems, Transp. Theory Stat. Phys (2001). pdf file. ps file.


I. M. Gamba and A. Juengel, Positive solutions to singular second and third order differential equations for quantum fluids, Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal. 156, no. 3, 183--203 (2001)   pdf file. ps file.


J. A. Carrillo, I. M. Gamba, C. W. Shu, Computational macroscopic approximations to the 1-D relaxation-time kinetic system for semiconductors, Physica D, 146, 289--306 (2000),   pdf file.


J. A. Carrillo, C. Cercignani, I.M. Gamba, Steady states of a Boltzmann equation for driven granular media, Phys. Rev. E (3) 62 (2000), no. 6, part A, 7700--7707 . pdf file. ps file.


C. Cercignani, I.M. Gamba and C.D. Levermore, A Drift-Collision Balance for a Boltzmann-Poisson System in Bounded Domains, SIAM J. Appl. Math., Vol 61, No. 6, pp 1932-1958, (2001),   ps file.


M. A. Anile, Jose A. Carrillo, I. M. Gamba and Chi-Wang Shu; Approximation of the BTE by a relaxation-time operator: simulations for a 50nm-channel Si diode, preprint, VLSI Design Journal 13, 349-354, 2001.   pdf file. ps file.


N. Ben Abdallah, P. Degond and I. M. Gamba, Inflow boundary conditions for the time dependent one-dimensional Schroedinger equation,C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris Sér. I Math. 331 (2000), no. 12, 1023--1028.   pdf file.


J. A. Carrillo,I. M. Gamba, O. Muscato and C. W. Shu, Comparison of Monte Carlo and deterministic simulations of a silicon diode, Transport in Transition Regimes, IMA Volumes in Mathematics and its Applications, Spinger Verlag, New York, V.135 (2003) 75--84 .   pdf file. ps file.


I. M. Gamba and A. Juengel, Asymptotic limits for quantum trajectory models, Comm. P.D.E. 27 (2002), no. 3-4, 669--691.(April, 2002)   pdf file. ps file.


P. Amster, M.P. Beccar Varela, I. M. Gamba, and M.C. Mariani , Solutions to transonic non-isentropic charged transport hydrodynamic systems in bounded domains , Submitted (2001)   file. ps file.


J.A. Carrillo, I.M. Gamba, A. Majorana and C.W. Shu, A WENO-solver for the 1D non-stationary Boltzmann-Poisson system for semiconductor devices, Journal of Computational Electronics, v1 (2002), pp.365-370. pdf file. ps file.


N. Ben Abdallah, P. Degond and I. Gamba, Hybrid-quantum-kinetic models for the coupling kinetic and quantum effects, J. Math. Phys. 43 (2002), no. 1, 1--24.(2002). pdf file. ps file.


J.A. Carrillo, I.M. Gamba, A. Majorana and C.W. Shu, A WENO-solver transients of Boltzmann--Poisson system for semiconductor devices. Performance and Monte Carlo comparisons, Journal of Computational Physics, Vol 184, no. 2, 498--525, (2003). pdf file.


I.M. Gamba, V. Panferov and C. Villani, 'On the inelastic Boltzmann equation with diffusive forcing'. Nonlinear problems in mathematical physics and related topics, II, In Honor of Professor O.A. Ladyzhenskaya 179--192, Int. Math. Ser. (N. Y.), 2, Kluwer/Plenum, New York, 2002. pdf file. ps file.


N. Ben Abdallah, I. M. Gamba and Axel Klar 'The Milne problem for high field kinetic equations', SIAM J. Appl. Math. Vol.64 No.5, pp. 1709-1736 (2004) pdf file.


I.M. Gamba, V. Panferov and C. Villani, 'On the Boltmann Equation for diffusively excited granular media', Commun. Math. Phys. 246, 503-541 (2004). pdf file. ps file.


A.V. Bobylev, I.M. Gamba and V. Panferov,' Moment inequalities and high-energy tails for Boltzmann equations wiht inelastic interactions', J. Statist. Phys. 116, no. 5-6, 1651--1682.(2004). pdf file. ps file.


I.M. Gamba, S. Rjasanow and W. Wagner, 'Direct simulation of the uniformly heated granular Boltzmann equation', Math. Comput. Modelling 42 (2005), no. 5-6, 683--700. pdf file. ps file.


J.A. Carrillo, I.M. Gamba, A. Majorana and C.W. Shu, 'A direct solver for 2D non-stationary Boltzmann-Poisson Systems for Semiconductor Devices: A MESFET simulation by WENO-Boltzmann schemes', Journal of Computational Electronics,2: 375-380,(2005) pdf file.


J.A. Carrillo, I.M. Gamba, A. Majorana and C.W. Shu, 2D semiconductor device simulations by WENO-Boltzmann schemes: efficiency, boundary conditions and comparison to Monte Carlo methods, J. Comput. Phys. 214 (2006), no. 1, 55--80. pdf file. ps file.


A.V. Bobylev and I. M. Gamba, "Boltzmann equations for mixtures of Maxwell gases: exact solutions and power like tails". J. Stat. Phys. 124 , no. 2-4, 497--516. (2006). pdf file. ps file.


M.J. Caceres, J.A. Carrillo, I.M. Gamba, A. Majorana and C.W. Shu, Deterministic kinetic solvers for charged particle transport in semiconductor devices, . Applications to Gases, Semiconductors, Photons, and Biological Systems Series: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology. Cercignani, Carlo and Gabetta, Ester (Eds.) (2007).pdf file. ps file.


M.J. Caceres, J.A. Carrillo, I.M. Gamba, A. Majorana and C.W. Shu, DSMC Versus WENO-BTE: a Double Gate MOSFET Example. Journal of Computational Electronics, Volume 5, Number 4 - December, (2006) 471-474 pdf file.


A.V. Bobylev, C. Cercignani and I. M. Gamba, "Generalized kinetic Maxwell models of granular gases"; Mathematical models of granular matter, Lecture Notes in Mathematics, Springer, G. Capriz, P. Giovine and P. M. Mariano Edts, in print. (2006). pdf file. ps file.


I.M. Gamba, V. Panferov and C. Villani, 'Upper Maxwellian bounds for the spatially homogeneous Boltzmann equation submitted for publication (2007). pdf file.


A.V. Bobylev, C. Cercignani and I. M. Gamba, `On the self-similar asymptotics for generalized non-linear kinetic Maxwell models'. Submitted for publication (2006). pdf file.


I. M. Gamba, M.P. Gualdani and Ping Zhang "On the blowing up of solutions to quantum hydrodynamic models on bounded domains" Submitted for publication (2007). pdf file.


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