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Abstract composition rule for relativistic kinetic energy in the thermodynamical limit

Nuclear Theory 2009-02-12 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

We demonstrate by simple mathematical considerations that a power-law tailed distribution in the kinetic energy of relativistic particles can be a limiting distribution seen in relativistic heavy ion experiments. We prove that the infinite repetition of an arbitrary composition rule on an infinitesimal amount leads to a rule with a formal logarithm. As a consequence the stationary distribution of energy in the thermodynamical limit follows the composed function of the Boltzmann-Gibbs exponential with this formal logarithm. In particular, interactions described as solely functions of the relative four-momentum squared lead to kinetic energy distributions of the Tsallis-Pareto (cut power-law) form in the high energy limit.

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@article{arxiv.0809.4675,
  title  = {Abstract composition rule for relativistic kinetic energy in the thermodynamical limit},
  author = {T. S. Biro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0809.4675},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Submitted to Europhysics Letters. LaTeX, 3 eps figures