English

Non-extensive statistics, relativistic kinetic theory and fluid dynamics

Nuclear Theory 2013-06-27 v2 Statistical Mechanics Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

Experimental particle spectra can be successfully described by power-law tailed energy distributions characteristic to canonical equilibrium distributions associated to R\'enyi's or Tsallis' entropy formula - over a wide range of energies, colliding system sizes, and produced hadron sorts. In order to derive its evolution one needs a corresponding dynamical description of the system which results in such final state observables. The equations of relativistic fluid dynamics are obtained from a non-extensive Boltzmann equation consistent with Tsallis' non-extensive qq-entropy formula. The transport coefficients like shear viscosity, bulk viscosity, and heat conductivity are evaluate based on a linearized collision integral.

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@article{arxiv.1205.6079,
  title  = {Non-extensive statistics, relativistic kinetic theory and fluid dynamics},
  author = {T. S. Biró and E. Molnár},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.6079},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

11 pages, corrected typos and more discussions added; EPJA: Topical issue on "Relativistic Hydro- and Thermodynamics"

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