A unified grand canonical description of the nonextensive thermostatistics of the quantum gases: Fractal and fractional approach

In this paper, the particles of quantum gases, that is, bosons and fermions are regarded as g-ons which obey fractional exclusion statistics. With this point of departure the thermostatistical relations concerning the Bose and Fermi systems are unified under the g-on formulation where a fractal approach is adopted. The fractal inspired entropy, the partition function, distribution function, the thermodynamics potential and the total number of g-ons have been found for a grand canonical g-on system. It is shown that from the g-on formulation; by a suitable choice of the parameters of the nonextensivity q, the parameter of the fractional exclusion statistics g, nonextensive Tsallis as well as extensive (q=1) standard thermostatistical relations of the Bose and Fermi systems are recovered. Received 17 September 1999     

The influence of fractality on the time evolution of the diffusion process

In the literature, the deviations from standard behaviors of the solutions of the kinetic equation and the analogous diffusion equation are put forward by investigations which are carried out in the frame of fractional mathematics and nonextensive physics. On the other hand, the physical origins of the order of derivative namely α in fractional mathematics and the entropy index q in nonextensive physics are a topic of interest in scientific media. In this study, the solutions of the diffusion equation which have been obtained in the framework of fractional mathematics and nonextensive physics are revised. The diffusion equation is solved by the cumulative diminuation/growth method which has been developed by two of the present authors and physical nature of the parameters α and q are enlightened in connection with fractality of space and the memory effect. It has been emphasized that the mathematical basis of deviations from standard behavior in the distribution functions could be established by fractional mathematics where as the physical mechanism could be revealed using the cumulative diminuation/growth method.     

Thermodynamic consistency of the q-deformed Fermi-Dirac distribution in nonextensive thermostatics

The q-deformed statistics for fermions arising within the nonextensive thermostatistical formalism has been applied to the study of various quantum many-body systems recently. The aim of the present note is to point out some subtle difficulties presented by this approach in connection with the problem of thermodynamic consistency. Different possible ways to apply the q-deformed quantum distributions in a thermodynamically consistent way are considered.     

Are citations of scientific papers a case of nonextensivity?

The distribution N(x) of citations of scientific papers has recently been illustrated (on ISI and PRE data sets) and analyzed by Redner (Eur. Phys. J. B 4, 131 (1998)). To fit the data, a stretched exponential () has been used with only partial success. The success is not complete because the data exhibit, for large citation count x, a power law (roughly for the ISI data), which, clearly, the stretched exponential does not reproduce. This fact is then attributed to a possibly different nature of rarely cited and largely cited papers. We show here that, within a nonextensive thermostatistical formalism, the same data can be quite satisfactorily fitted with a single curve (namely, [0pt] for the available values of x. This is consistent with the connection recently established by Denisov (Phys. Lett. A 235, 447 (1997)) between this nonextensive formalism and the Zipf-Mandelbrot law. What the present analysis ultimately suggests is that, in contrast to Redner's conclusion, the phenomenon might essentially be one and the same along the entire range of the citation number x. Received 13 April 1999     

Landau damping of longitudinal oscillation in ultra- relativistic plasmas with nonextensive distribution

The generalized dispersion equation for longitudinal oscillation in an unmagnetized, collisionless, isotropic and relativistic plasma is derived in the context of nonextensive q-distribution. An analytical expression for the Landau damping is obtained in an ultra-relativistic regime, which is related to q-parameter. In the limit q → 1, the result based on the relativistic Maxwellian distribution is recovered. It is shown that the interactions between the wave and particles are stronger and the waves are more strongly damped for lower values of q-parameter. The results are explained by the increased number of superthermal particles or low velocity particles contained in the plasma with the nonextensive distribution.     

Blackbody radiation in nonextensive Tsallis statistics: Exact solution

An exact analysis of n-dimensional blackbody radiation in the recently proposed nonextensive Tsallis statistics is given here. Thus, the main relationships of blackbody radiation are generalized in the Tsallis context. In particular, it is verified that the relation between pressure, volume, and internal energy is form invariant with respect to the nonextensive entropic index, q. The results and procedure presented here are expected to be useful in the discussion of nonextensive systems possessing large or infinite numbers of degrees of freedom.     

The time fractional heat conduction equation in the general orthogonal curvilinear coordinate and the cylindrical coordinate systems

In this paper a time fractional Fourier law is obtained from fractional calculus. According to the fractional Fourier law, a fractional heat conduction equation with a time fractional derivative in the general orthogonal curvilinear coordinate system is built. The fractional heat conduction equations in other orthogonal coordinate systems are readily obtainable as special cases. In addition, we obtain the solution of the fractional heat conduction equation in the cylindrical coordinate system in terms of the generalized H-function using integral transformation methods. The fractional heat conduction equation in the case 0<α≤1 interpolates the standard heat conduction equation (α=1) and the Localized heat conduction equation (α→0). Finally, numerical results are presented graphically for various values of order of fractional derivative.     

Inelastic light scattering by collective excitations in the fractional quantum Hall regime

We report an inelastic light scattering study of long wavelength collective gap excitations of fractional quantum Hall (FQH) states at ν=p/(2p+1) for . The ν-dependence of the gap energy suggests a collapse of the collective excitation gap near . In a range of filling factors close to , where the FQH gap is believed to collapse, we observe a collective excitation mode that exists only at temperatures below 150 mK.     

A note on the general class of blackbody fractional functions

It is shown how a recent proposal for what was thought to be a new blackbody fractional function is identical with one of the less familiar blackbody fractional functions of old.     

Thermostatistics of the g-on gas

In this study, the particles of the quantum gases, namely bosons and fermions are called g-ons by using the parameter of the fractional exclusion statistics g, where . With this point of departure, the distribution function of the g-on gas is obtained by the variational, steepest descent and statistical methods. The distribution functions which are found by means of these three methods are compared. It is shown that the thermostatistical formulations of quantum gases can be unified. By suitable choices of g, standard relations of statistical mechanics of the Bose and Fermi systems are recovered.Received: 26 March 2003, Published online: 22 September 2003PACS: 05.20.-y Classical statistical mechanics - 03.65.-w Quantum mechanics     

Gravitational potential in fractional space

In this paper the gravitational potential with β-th order fractional mass distribution was obtained in α dimensionally fractional space. We show that the fractional gravitational universal constant G _α is given by , where G is the usual gravitational universal constant and the dimensionality of the space is α > 2.      

Nonextensive formalism and continuous Hamiltonian systems

A recurring question in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics is what deviation from standard statistical mechanics gives rise to non-Boltzmann behavior and to nonlinear response, which amounts to identifying the emergence of “statistics from dynamics” in systems out of equilibrium. Among several possible analytical developments which have been proposed, the idea of nonextensive statistics introduced by Tsallis about 20 years ago was to develop a statistical mechanical theory for systems out of equilibrium where the Boltzmann distribution no longer holds, and to generalize the Boltzmann entropy by a more general function Sq while maintaining the formalism of thermodynamics. From a phenomenological viewpoint, nonextensive statistics appeared to be of interest because maximization of the generalized entropy Sq yields the q-exponential distribution which has been successfully used to describe distributions observed in a large class of phenomena, in particular power law distributions for q>1. Here we re-examine the validity of the nonextensive formalism for continuous Hamiltonian systems. In particular we consider the q-ideal gas, a model system of quasi-particles where the effect of the interactions are included in the particle properties. On the basis of exact results for the q-ideal gas, we find that the theory is restricted to the range q<1, which raises the question of its formal validity range for continuous Hamiltonian systems.     

Hydrostatic equilibrium and Tsallis’ equilibrium for self-gravitating systems

Self-gravitating systems are generally thought to behavior non-extensively due to the long-range nature of gravitational forces. We discuss a relation between the nonextensive parameter q of Tsallis statistics, the temperature gradient and the gravitational potential based on the equation of hydrostatic equilibrium for self-gravitating systems. It is suggested that the nonextensive parameter in Tsallis statistics has a clear physical meaning with regard to the non-isothermal nature of the systems with long-range interactions. Tsallis’ equilibrium distribution for the self-gravitating systems describes the property of hydrostatic equilibrium of the systems.     

Approach to equilibrium of coupled harmonic oscillator systems. II

The approach to equilibrium of a finite segment of an infinite chain of harmonically coupled masses is studied in several variations. The chain is taken as completely free, or it is bound atx ₀ =0; ordinary coordinates and momenta or Schrödinger variables are used to treat the dynamics; and the inital distribution of heat-bath variables is chosen to be canonical or noncanonical. Equipartition of energy is found in all cases. Brownian drifts are obtained for the free chain with ordinary variables, but when this is excluded, the equilibrium entropy is found to be canonical and extensive when the initial heat bath is canonical, but less than canonical and slightly nonextensive when the initial heat bath is noncanonical. The modifications of the entropy do not contribute to the heat capacity of the system.Supported in part by the United States Atomic Energy Commission.     

Scaling and long-range dependence in option pricing III: A fractional version of the Merton model with transaction costs

A model for option pricing of fractional version of the Merton model with ‘Hurst exponent’ H being in [1/2,1) is established with transaction costs. In particular, for H(1/2,1) the minimal price C_min(t,S_t) of an option under transaction costs is obtained, which displays that the timestep δt and the ‘Hurst exponent’ H play an important role in option pricing with transaction costs.     

Graybody radiation phenomena in a fractional manner

In this paper, the graybody radiation phenomena has been handled with the help of fractional calculus. Fractional definition of graybody spectrum has been written in terms of Mittag‐Leffler function. The obtained data from fractional calculus approximation for nearly 2.87 × 10⁷ K have been compared with literature values and standard blackbody radiation.     

The stability of the fractional quantum Hall effect in topological insulators

With the recent observation of graphene-like Landau levels at the surface of topological insulators, the possibility of fractional quantum Hall effect, which is a fundamental signature of strong correlations, has become of interest. Some experiments have reported intra-Landau level structure that is suggestive of fractional quantum Hall effect. This paper discusses the feasibility of fractional quantum Hall effect from a theoretical perspective, and argues that while this effect should occur, ideally, in the n=0 and |n|=1 Landau levels, it is ruled out in higher |n| Landau levels. Unlike graphene, the fractional quantum Hall effect in topological insulators is predicted to show an interesting asymmetry between n=1 and n=−1 Landau levels due to spin-orbit coupling.     

Generalized projective synchronization of fractional order chaotic systems

In this paper, based on the idea of a nonlinear observer, a new method is proposed and applied to “generalized projective synchronization” for a class of fractional order chaotic systems via a transmitted signal. This synchronization approach is theoretically and numerically studied. By using the stability theory of linear fractional order systems, suitable conditions for achieving synchronization are given. Numerical simulations coincide with the theoretical analysis.     

Dispersion relation of longitudinal oscillation in relativistic plasmas with nonextensive distribution

The generalized dispersion equation for longitudinal oscillation in an unmagnetized, collisionless, isotropic and relativistic plasma is derived in the context of nonextensive q-distribution. The analytical expression for the dispersion relation is obtained in an ultra-relativistic regime, which is related to the q-parameter and temperature. In the limit q→1, the result based on the relativistic Maxwellian distribution is recovered. Using the numerical simulation method, we obtain the full dispersion curve which cannot be given by an analytic method. It is shown that the numerical solution is in good agreement with the analytical result in the long-wavelength, short-wavelength and near light wave region for ultra-relativistic plasmas.