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Gibbsian theory of power law distributions

Plasma Physics 2008-04-22 v3

Abstract

It is shown that power law phase space distributions describe marginally stable Gibbsian equilibria far from thermal equilibrium which are expected to occur in collisionless plasmas containing fully developed quasi-stationary turbulence. Gibbsian theory is extended on the fundamental level to statistically dependent subsystems introducing an `ordering parameter' κ\kappa. Particular forms for the entropy and partition functions are derived with super-additive (non-extensive) entropy, and a redefinition of temperature in such systems is given.

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@article{arxiv.0711.1676,
  title  = {Gibbsian theory of power law distributions},
  author = {R. A. Treumann and C. H. Jaroschek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.1676},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

Physical Review Letters revised second revision (and shortened because of overlength) co-author added