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Nonextensive Thermostatistics and the H-Theorem

arXiv:cond-mat/0101030 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.2938

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.

4 pages, no figures, corrected some typos