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Article
Supercanonical Probability Distributions
Physical Review E
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-8-2018
Subjects
- Distribution (Probability theory) -- Mathematical models,
- Asymptotic distribution (Probability theory),
- Thermodynamic equilibrium
Disciplines
Abstract
The canonical probability distribution describes a system in thermal equilibrium with an infinite heat bath. When the bath is finite the distribution is modified. These modifications can be derived by truncating a Taylor-series expansion of the entropy of the heat bath, but their form depends on the expansion parameter chosen. We consider two such expansions, which yield supercanonical (i.e., higher-order canonical) distributions of exponential and power-law form. The latter is identical in form to the "Tsallis distribution," which is therefore a valid asymptotic approximation for an arbitrary finite heat bath, but bears no intrinsic relation to Tsallis entropy.
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevE.98.020103
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/26764
Citation Information
Ramshaw, J. D. (2018). Supercanonical probability distributions. Physical Review E, 98(2), 020103.
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