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Record Nr.

UNISA996466696003316

Titolo

Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Sumiyoshi Abe, Yuko Okamoto

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2001

ISBN

3-540-40919-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2001.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (IX, 278 p. 9 illus.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Physics, , 0075-8450 ; ; 560

Disciplina

530.13

Soggetti

Statistical physics

Dynamical systems

Thermodynamics

Complex Systems

Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Lectures on Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics -- I. Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics: Historical Background and Present Status -- II. Quantum Density Matrix Description of Nonextensive Systems -- III. Tsallis Theory, the Maximum Entropy Principle, and Evolution Equations -- IV. ComputationalMetho ds for the Simulation of Classical and Quantum Many Body Systems Arising from Nonextensive Thermostatistics -- Further Topics -- V. Correlation Induced by Nonextensivity and the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics -- VI. Dynamic and Thermodynamic Stability of Nonextensive Systems -- VII. Generalized Simulated Annealing Algorithms Using Tsallis Statistics: Application to ±J Spin Glass Model -- VIII. Protein Folding Simulations by a Generalized-Ensemble Algorithm Based on Tsallis Statistics.

Sommario/riassunto

Nonextensive statistical mechanics is now a rapidly growing field and a new stream in the research of the foundations of statistical mechanics. This generalization of the well-known Boltzmann--Gibbs theory enables the study of systems with long-range interactions, long-term memories or multi-fractal structures. This book consists of a set of self-contained lectures and includes additional contributions where



some of the latest developments -- ranging from astro- to biophysics -- are covered. Addressing primarily graduate students and lecturers, this book will also be a useful reference for all researchers working in the field.