Dynamical scenario for nonextensive statistical mechanics

Constantino Tsallis

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2004, vol. 340, issue 1, 1-10

Abstract: Statistical mechanics can only be ultimately justified in terms of microscopic dynamics (classical, quantum, relativistic, or any other). It is known that Boltzmann–Gibbs statistics is based on the hypothesis of exponential sensitivity to the initial conditions, mixing and ergodicity in Gibbs Γ-space. What are the corresponding hypothesis for nonextensive statistical mechanics? A scenario for answering such question is advanced, which naturally includes the a priori determination of the entropic index q, as well as its cause and manifestations, for say many-body Hamiltonian systems, in (i) sensitivity to the initial conditions in Gibbs Γ-space, (ii) relaxation of macroscopic quantities towards their values in anomalous stationary states that differ from the usual thermal equilibrium (e.g., in some classes of metastable or quasi-stationary states), and (iii) energy distribution in the Γ-space for the same anomalous stationary states.

Keywords: Nonlinear dynamics; Nonextensive statistical mechanics; Metastable states; Mixing; Weak chaos (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.03.072

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