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Nonextensive Kinetic Theory and H-Theorem in General Relativity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2017-10-25 v1 Quantum Gases

Abstract

The nonextensive kinetic theory for degenerate quantum gases is discussed in the general relativistic framework. By incorporating nonadditive modifications in the collisional term of the relativistic Boltzmann equation and entropy current, it is shown that Tsallis entropic framework satisfies a H-theorem in the presence of gravitational fields. Consistency with the 2nd law of thermodynamics is obtained only whether the entropic q-parameter lies in the interval q[0,2]q \in [0,2]. As occurs in the absence of gravitational fields, it is also proved that the local collisional equilibrium is described by the extended Bose-Einstein (Fermi-Dirac) q-distributions.

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@article{arxiv.1709.03027,
  title  = {Nonextensive Kinetic Theory and H-Theorem in General Relativity},
  author = {A. P. Santos and R. Silva and J. S. Alcaniz and J. A. S. Lima},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.03027},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

12 pages, no figures. Accepted for publication in Annals of Physics

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