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Stability of the entropy for superstatistics

Statistical Mechanics 2015-06-24 v1

Abstract

The Boltzmann-Gibbs celebrated entropy SBG=kipilnpiS_{BG}=-k\sum_ip_i \ln p_i is {\it concave} (with regard to all probability distributions {pi}\{p_i\}) and {\it stable} (under arbitrarily small deformations of any given probability distribution). It seems reasonable to consider these two properties as {\it necessary} for an entropic form to be a {\it physical} one in the thermostatistical sense. Most known entropic forms (e.g., Renyi entropy) violate these conditions, in contrast with the basis of nonextensive statistical mechanics, namely Sq=k1ipiqq1(qR;S1=SBG)S_q=k\frac{1-\sum_ip_i^q}{q-1} (q\in {\cal R}; S_1=S_{BG}), which satisfies both (q>0\forall q>0). We have recently generalized SqS_q (into SS) in order to yield, through optimization, the Beck-Cohen superstatistics. We show here that SS satisfies both conditions as well. Given the fact that the (experimentally observed) optimizing distributions are invariant through {\it any} monotonic function of the entropic form to be optimized, this might constitute a very strong criterion for identifying the physically correct entropy.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0301304,
  title  = {Stability of the entropy for superstatistics},
  author = {A. M. C. Souza and C. Tsallis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0301304},
  year   = {2015}
}

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11 pages, no figures

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