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In this paper, a fast synthetic iterative scheme is developed to accelerate convergence for the implicit DOM based on the stationary phonon BTE. The key innovative point of the present scheme is the introduction of the macroscopic synthetic…
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In order to increase the luminosity of electron-positron colliders it is desirable to find a means to reduce the phase-space of the beams. The transverse cooling of positrons imposed by the quantum excitation-free radiation emission in a…
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