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Nonextensive Thermostatistics and the H-Theorem

J. A. S. Lima, R. Silva, A. R. Plastino

cond-matarXiv:cond-mat/0101030

Abstract

The kinetic foundations of Tsallis' nonextensive thermostatistics are investigated through Boltzmann's transport equation approach. Our analysis follows from a nonextensive generalization of the ``molecular chaos hypothesis". For q>0, the q-transport equation satisfies an H-theorem based on Tsallis entropy. It is also proved that the collisional equilibrium is given by Tsallis' q-nonextensive velocity distribution.

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