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Non-exponential decays and nonextensivity

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology 2009-04-15 v2 Condensed Matter Nuclear Theory

Abstract

We demonstrate that non-exponential decays of unstable systems can be understood as yet another example of nonextensivity encountered in many physical systems and as such can be characterized by the nonextensivity parameter q.

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@article{arxiv.hep-ph/0103114,
  title  = {Non-exponential decays and nonextensivity},
  author = {G. Wilk and Z. Wlodarczyk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-ph/0103114},
  year   = {2009}
}

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LaTex file only, 8 pages, no figures. Corrected version, to be published in Phys. Lett. A