Published September 1, 2008 | Version v1
Journal article

Conservative force fields in non-Gaussian statistics

  • 1. Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Departamento de Fisica-PPGF, 59072-970 Natal, RN (Brazil)
  • 2. Instituto de Astronomia, Geofisica e Ciencias Atmosfericas, USP, 05508-900 Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil)
  • 3. Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Departamento de Fisica-PPGF, 59610-210 Mossoro, RN (Brazil)

Description

In this Letter, we determine the κ-distribution function for a gas in the presence of an external field of force described by a potential U(r). In the case of a dilute gas, we show that the κ-power law distribution including the potential energy factor term can rigorously be deduced in the framework of kinetic theory with basis on the Vlasov equation. Such a result is significant as a preliminary to the discussion on the role of long range interactions in the Kaniadakis thermostatistics and the underlying kinetic theory

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2008.07.029

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physleta.2008.07.029;
arXiv
arXiv:0807.3382v1;
PII
S0375-9601(08)01093-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. A
Journal Volume
372
Journal Issue
36
Journal Page Range
p. 5754-5757
ISSN
0375-9601
CODEN
PYLAAG

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40046725
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BOLTZMANN-VLASOV EQUATION; DISTRIBUTION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; INTERACTION RANGE; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIALS; STATISTICS
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DISTANCE; ENERGY; EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

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