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Transport coefficients and nonextensive statistics

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

We discuss the basic transport phenomena in gases and plasmas obeying the qq-nonextensive velocity distribution (power-law). Analytical expressions for the thermal conductivity (KqK_q) and viscosity (ηq\eta_q) are derived by solving the Boltzmann equation in the relaxation-time approximation. The available experimental results to the ratio {KqK_q}/ηq\eta_q constrains the qq-parameter on the interval 0.74q10.74 \leq q \leq 1. In the extensive limiting case, the standard transport coefficients based on the local Gaussian distribution are recovered, and due to a surprising cancellation, the electric conductivity of a neutral plasma is not modified.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0201541,
  title  = {Transport coefficients and nonextensive statistics},
  author = {J. R. Bezerra and R. Silva and J. A. S. Lima},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0201541},
  year   = {2009}
}

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14 pages, 3 figures, REVTEX, submitted to PRE