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Possible Generalization of
Boltzmann-Gibbs Statistics
C o n s t a n t i n o Tsallis 1
Sq~k 1 - E w ' p]
q-1 (qE~) (t)
1 Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Fisicas-CBPF/CNPq, Rua Xavier Sigaud 150, 22290 Rio de
Janeiro, R J, Brazil.
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480 Tsallis
H/q-q- 1
Sq=k 1 -q (3)
Sq
k
15
I 0
o 0.5 p"
Fig. 1. Plot of Sq({Pi} ) for W=2 and typical values of q (numbers on curves). Notice the
monotonic influence of q, a fact that reappears in a variety of properties.
Generalization of Boltzmann-Gibbs Statistics 481
S 1 ~- k In W (Y)
Sq
m
k
2_ 0.5
0
i 2 3 4 W
Fig. 2. Value of the entropy at its extremum for typical values of q (numbers on curves). The
dashed line indicates the W--, oo asymptote of S2/k.
482 Tsallis
and also
with
rq({pJ~e}) sq
--A ~ B ({p~
A w B })-s~
--A pj~e Sq
-- -e PA~e
u
\kj=l i 1
where {e~} and Uq are known real numbers (the same value ei might be
associated with more than one possible configuration); they will be referred
to as generalized spectrum and generalized internal energy. I introduce the
and fl Lagrange parameters and define the quantity
Sq w w
Oq---~+~ ~ pi-c~fl(q-1) ~ Pi~i (10)
k=l i=1
which is written this way for future convenience. Imposing O~q/~Pi = O, Vi,
one obtains picc [ 1 - f l ( q - 1 ) e i ] I/(q 1); hence,
[ 1 - fl(q - 1)s~] 1/(q- 1)
Pi- (11)
Zq
with
W
Zq ~- Z E1 - - f l ( q - 1 ) ~ 1 ] 1/(q 1) (12)
l=1
with
l,v
Z1- ~ e -~ (12')
l=1
or equivalently
eo-A,~B=gA+gff (14)
with
U u A ~ = C A + U~ (16)
with
for all l, e0 being an arbitrary fixed real number. In other words, the
distribution (11) is invariant under gr [this is in fact a trivial
consequence of the fact that the distribution can be formally rewritten as
Pi ~: exp(-[3gi)]. For f l ( q - 1 ) - ~ 0, we recover the well-known invariance
of the Boltzmann-Gibbs statistics under uniform translation of the energy
spectrum. Figure 3 illustrates distribution (11). Notice that, for q > 1, pi = 0
for all levels such that s~>~l/[fl(q-1)] (~<~-l/[[fl](q-I)]) if fl>O
(fl<O), i.e., positive (negative) "temperatures." On the other hand, for
q < l , the levels such that e ; ~ < - l [ f l ( 1 - q ) ] (~>~1/[-[[31 ( l - q ) ] ) are, if
fl > 0 (fl < 0), highly occupied, in a way that is clearly reminiscent of the
Bose-Einstein condensation.
To better realize the unusual properties of the present statistics, it is
instructive to analyze the following situation. Assume q > l, fl > O, and {ei}
such that 0 < el < e2 < "'" < e w (W might even diverge). When 1/[3is above
( q - 1)ew, all levels have a finite occupancy probability; when
( q - 1 ) e w l<l/[3<(q-1)ew, then pl>p2> "" >pw_~>pw=O. The
Generalization of Boltzmann-Gibbs Statistics 485
Zq Pi
<.
q-- 9
-' o t z pEi
Fig. 3. The distribution law of Eq. (11 ) as a function of/~i. The curves are parametrized by
q: q = 1, standard exponential law; q > 1, the distribution pressents a cutoff at ]~ei= 1/(q- 1)
(with a slope of 0, -1, and - ~ for q<2, q=2, and q>2, respectively) and diverges for
/~et~ - ~ ; q < 1, the distribution diverges at /3e~= - 1 / ( 1 - q) (the dashed line indicates the
asymptote for q ~ 0) and vanishes for/3e~ +co.
(o} (b)
I I r i i E
-3 -2 -1Jo| ,: 2 ~l.-x-
-,~
(c) (d)
2~ E -,- ~'
0
C~- ') --
E,-(S
~ .... (~->,.)
Y~T~- CloT- 1
-3 -2 - 1 0 ~ I 2, 3 X
.,p~/
Fig. 4. The q = 2 reduced internal "energy" as a function of the reduced "temperature" (see
text) for a nondegenerate two-level system and typical values of ~/6. The dashed region in (d)
indicates the unaccessible "temperatures."
Yc
(~/i~-- 0 )
l i i I L I
-3 -2 -I 0 I 2 3 X"
-1
Fig. 5. Reduced internal "energy" as a function of the reduced "temperature" (see text) for a
nondegenerate two-level system and typical values of q (numbers on curves).
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I am very indebted to E. M. F. Curado, H. J. Herrmann, R. Maynard,
and A. Coniglio for very stimulating discussions. Computational assistance
by S. Cannas as well as useful remarks by S. R. A. Salinas, F. C. S~ Barreto,
S. Coutinho, and J. S. Helman are also gratefully acknowledged.
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Communicated by J. L. Lebowitz