Non-extensive statistics and the stellar polytrope index

R Silva and J.s Alcaniz

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2004, vol. 341, issue C, 208-214

Abstract: Within the domain of a classical non-extensive kinetic theory, we use physical constrains imposed by the H-theorem and by the negative nature of the heat capacity of self-gravitating thermodynamically isolated systems to investigate some possible limits on the stellar polytrope index n.

Keywords: Non-extensive statistic; Stellar polytrope; Kinetic theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2004.02.070

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