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Maximal entropy distribution functions from generalized R\'enyi entropy

Statistical Mechanics 2016-11-22 v3

Abstract

New class of reference distribution functions for numerical approximation of the solution of the Fokker-Planck equations associated to the charged particle dynamics in tokamak are studied. The reference distribution functions are obtained by maximization of the generalized Renyi entropy under scale-invariant restrictions. Explicit analytic form, with algebraic decay, that is a generalization of the previous distribution with exponential tails was derived.

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@article{arxiv.1606.08730,
  title  = {Maximal entropy distribution functions from generalized R\'enyi entropy},
  author = {György Steinbrecher and Giorgio Sonnino and Nicolae Pometescu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.08730},
  year   = {2016}
}

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18 pages, 0 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1603.06240

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