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Ambiguities in the Tsallis description of non-thermal plasma species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2013

FRANK VERHEEST
FRANK VERHEEST*
Affiliation:
Sterrenkundig Observatorium, Universiteit Gent, Krijgslaan 281, B–9000 Gent, BelgiumSchool of Chemistry and Physics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4000, South Africa (frank.verheest@ugent.be)
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Abstract

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.

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Journal of Plasma Physics , Volume 79 , Special Issue 6: Special issue in memory of Professor Padma Kant Shukla 1950-2013 , December 2013 , pp. 1031 - 1034
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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