Nonextensivity and entropy of astrophysical sources |
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Authors: | A.C.P. Rosa Jr. J.C.O. de Jesus M.A. Moret |
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Affiliation: | 1. Programa de Modelagem Computacional - SENAI - Cimatec, Av. Orlando Gomes, 1845 - Piat 41650-010 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil;2. Departamento de Fsica - UEFS, 44031-460 Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil;3. UNEB - Rua Silveira Martins, 2555, Cabula, 41150-000 Salvador, Bahia, Brazil |
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Abstract: | We study the X-ray intensities of 142 light curves of cataclysmic variables, galaxies, pulsars, supernova remnants and other X-ray sources present in the public data collected by the instrument All Sky Monitor on board the satellite Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. We show that the X-ray light curves coming from astrophysical systems obey Tsallis’s q-Gaussian distribution as probability density. This fact strongly suggests that these astrophysical systems behave in a non-extensive manner. Furthermore, the q entropic indices for these systems were obtained and they provide an indication of the nonextensivity degree of each of these astrophysical systems. The q-value increases for systems if the Tsallis entropy decreases. |
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Keywords: | Tsallis statistics Entropic index Long-tail distributions |
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