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Title: Nonextensive statistical effects on nuclear astrophysics

Abstract

Density and temperature conditions in many stellar core (like the solar core) imply the presence of nonideal plasma effects with memory and long-range interactions between particles. This aspect suggests the possibility that the stellar core could not be in a global thermodynamical equilibrium but satisfies the conditions of a metastable state with a stationary (nonextensive) power law distribution function among ions. The order of magnitude of the deviation from the standard Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution can be derived microscopically by considering the presence of random electrical microfields in the stellar plasma. We show that such a nonextensive statistical effect can be very relevant in many nuclear astrophysical problems.

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 [1];  [2];  [3];  [2];  [3];  [2]
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  1. Dip. di Fisica, Universita di Torino (Italy)
  2. (Italy)
  3. Dip. di Fisica, Politecnico di Torino (Italy)
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OSTI Identifier:
20798592
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings; Journal Volume: 831; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: International conference on frontiers in nuclear structure, astrophysics, and reactions - FINUSTAR, Isle of Kos (Greece), 12-17 Sep 2005; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2200980; (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; ASTROPHYSICS; BOLTZMANN STATISTICS; DENSITY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; EQUILIBRIUM; INTERACTION RANGE; IONS; METASTABLE STATES; PLASMA; RANDOMNESS; STATISTICAL MODELS

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Gervino, G., INFN, Sezione di Torino, Lavagno, A., INFN, Sezione di Torino, Quarati, P., and INFN Sezione di Cagliari. Nonextensive statistical effects on nuclear astrophysics. United States: N. p., 2006. Web. doi:10.1063/1.2200980.
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Gervino, G., INFN, Sezione di Torino, Lavagno, A., INFN, Sezione di Torino, Quarati, P., & INFN Sezione di Cagliari. Nonextensive statistical effects on nuclear astrophysics. United States. doi:10.1063/1.2200980.
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Gervino, G., INFN, Sezione di Torino, Lavagno, A., INFN, Sezione di Torino, Quarati, P., and INFN Sezione di Cagliari. Wed . "Nonextensive statistical effects on nuclear astrophysics". United States. doi:10.1063/1.2200980.
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@article{osti_20798592,
title = {Nonextensive statistical effects on nuclear astrophysics},
author = {Gervino, G. and INFN, Sezione di Torino and Lavagno, A. and INFN, Sezione di Torino and Quarati, P. and INFN Sezione di Cagliari},
abstractNote = {Density and temperature conditions in many stellar core (like the solar core) imply the presence of nonideal plasma effects with memory and long-range interactions between particles. This aspect suggests the possibility that the stellar core could not be in a global thermodynamical equilibrium but satisfies the conditions of a metastable state with a stationary (nonextensive) power law distribution function among ions. The order of magnitude of the deviation from the standard Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution can be derived microscopically by considering the presence of random electrical microfields in the stellar plasma. We show that such a nonextensive statistical effect can be very relevant in many nuclear astrophysical problems.},
doi = {10.1063/1.2200980},
journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
number = 1,
volume = 831,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2006},
month = {Wed Apr 26 00:00:00 EDT 2006}
}
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DOI:  10.1063/1.2200980
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