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Bounded thermal weights from a discrete Boltzmann factor

General Physics 2026-05-01 v2

Abstract

The discrete Boltzmann factor BE(βn)=(1bE)nB_E(\beta_n)=(1-bE)^n, introduced by Chung, Hassanabadi, and Boumali, provides a lattice regularization of the canonical weight eβEe^{-\beta E} and imposes the compact-support condition E<1/bE<1/b. In the present analysis we systematically separate results that follow directly from this bounded thermal weight from those that require additional phenomenological input. First, we study the discrete Bose--Einstein occupation factor relevant for Hawking radiation, derive the leading suppression of black-hole luminosity, and show that the thermal Hawking channel shuts off as the cutoff scale is approached. Second, we formulate a discrete work functional built from ratios of thermal weights and establish an exact Jarzynski-type identity for deterministic measure-preserving protocols; in contrast, the corresponding Crooks relation does not collapse to a function of work alone, and first-order approximations retain an explicit initial-energy dependence that cannot be reduced to a simple WW-dependent correction without additional assumptions. Third, and purely as an ancillary kinematic extension rather than a derivation from the statistical framework itself, we examine a bounded modified-dispersion ansatz and estimate the associated time-of-flight constraints. Throughout, we include illustrative figures, clarify the non-universal status of the entropy correction, and emphasize that direct laboratory signatures are negligible whenever bb is universal and Planck suppressed. Finally, the standard continuum expressions are recovered smoothly in the limit b0b\to 0.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2604.24777,
  title  = {Bounded thermal weights from a discrete Boltzmann factor},
  author = {Abdelmalek Boumali and Yassine Chargui},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.24777},
  year   = {2026}
}
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