{
  "id": "cond-mat/0109506",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2001-09-27T16:49:15.000Z",
  "updated": "2001-09-27T16:49:15.000Z",
  "title": "Mixing and equilibration: Protagonists in the scene of nonextensive statistical mechanics",
  "authors": [
    "Constantino Tsallis",
    "Ernesto P. Borges",
    "Fulvio Baldovin"
  ],
  "comment": "LaTeX-RevTeX, 28 pages, 7 eps figures, contributed paper to the Proceedings of the International School and Workshop on Nonextensive Thermodynamics and Physical Applications, NEXT 2001, 23-30 May 2001, Cagliari (Italy) (Physica A)",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech"
  ],
  "abstract": "After a brief review of the present status of nonextensive statistical mechanics, we present a conjectural scenario where mixing (characterized by the entropic index $q_{mix} \\le 1$) and equilibration (characterized by the entropic index $q_{eq} \\ge 1$) play central and inter-related roles, and appear to determine {\\it a priori} the values of the relevant indices of the formalism. Boltzmann-Gibbs statistical mechanics is recovered as the $q_{mix}=q_{eq}=1$ particular case.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2001-09-27T16:49:15.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "nonextensive statistical mechanics",
      "equilibration",
      "entropic index",
      "protagonists",
      "brief review"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "RevTeX",
      "pages": 28,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}