Statistics of Binary Exchange of Energy or Money

Why does the Maxwell-Boltzmann energy distribution for an ideal classical gas have an exponentially thin tail at high energies, while the Kaniadakis distribution for a relativistic gas has a power-law fat tail? We argue that a crucial role is played by the kinematics of the binary collisions. In the...

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Main Authors: Maria Letizia Bertotti, Giovanni Modanese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-09-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/19/9/465