Ambiguities in the Tsallis description of non-thermal plasma species

作者:Verheest Frank*
来源:Journal of Plasma Physics, 2013, 79(6): 1031-1034.
DOI:10.1017/S0022377813001049

摘要

Tsallis q-non-extensive distributions have recently found favor in describing the presence of energetic particles and their influences on several plasma modes, notably electrostatic solitons. Here attention is drawn to ambiguities and subtleties in the superextensive and subextensive ranges in q, which are not always recognized in the literature, particularly in numerical studies.

  • 出版日期2013-12