Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Abe, Sumiyoshi (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Okamoto, Yuko (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2001.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2001.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Physics, 560
• Subjects: Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Thermodynamics.; Complex Systems.; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.
• Physical Description: IX, 278 p. 9 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540409199
• ISSN: 0075-8450 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/3-540-40919-X

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.