{
  "id": "0806.4332",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2008-06-26T15:02:20.000Z",
  "updated": "2008-11-06T15:24:41.000Z",
  "title": "Superstatistical distributions from a maximum entropy principle",
  "authors": [
    "Erik Van der Straeten",
    "Christian Beck"
  ],
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. E 78, 051101 (2008)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevE.78.051101",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "We deal with a generalized statistical description of nonequilibrium complex systems based on least biased distributions given some prior information. A maximum entropy principle is introduced that allows for the determination of the distribution of the fluctuating intensive parameter $\\beta$ of a superstatistical system, given certain constraints on the complex system under consideration. We apply the theory to three examples: The superstatistical quantum mechanical harmonic oscillator, the superstatistical classical ideal gas, and velocity time series as measured in a turbulent Taylor-Couette flow.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2008-11-06T15:24:41.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "05.20.-y",
      "05.30.-d",
      "05.70.Ln",
      "89.70.Cf"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "maximum entropy principle",
      "superstatistical distributions",
      "superstatistical quantum mechanical harmonic oscillator",
      "nonequilibrium complex systems",
      "velocity time series"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review E",
      "year": 2008,
      "month": "Nov",
      "volume": 78,
      "number": 5,
      "pages": "051101"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2008PhRvE..78e1101V"
    }
  }
}