{
  "id": "cond-mat/0102112",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2001-02-06T21:15:11.000Z",
  "updated": "2001-02-07T19:27:05.000Z",
  "title": "Generalized entropies from first principles",
  "authors": [
    "M. P. Almeida"
  ],
  "comment": "3 pages",
  "journal": "Extended version has been published in Physica A 300 (2001) 424-432",
  "doi": "10.1016/S0378-4371(01)00353-3",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "We present a derivation of power law canonical distributions from first principle statistical mechanics, including the exponential distribution as a It is presented a derivation of power law canonical distributions from first principle statistical mechanics, including the exponential distribution as a particular case. It is shown that these distributions arise naturally, and that the heat capacity of the heat bath is the condition that determines its type. As a consequence, it is given a physical interpretation for the parameter $q$ of the generalized entropy.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2001-02-07T19:27:05.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "generalized entropy",
      "first principle statistical mechanics",
      "power law canonical distributions",
      "exponential distribution",
      "heat bath"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 3,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}