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Probability Theory Compatible with the New Conception of Modern Thermodynamics. Economics and Crisis of Debts
We show that G\"odel's negative results concerning arithmetic, which date
back to the 1930s, and the ancient "sand pile" paradox (known also as "sorites
paradox") pose the questions of the use of fuzzy sets and of the effect of a
measuring device on the experiment. The consideration of these facts led, in
thermodynamics, to a new one-parameter family of ideal gases. In turn, this
leads to a new approach to probability theory (including the new notion of
independent events). As applied to economics, this gives the correction, based
on Friedman's rule, to Irving Fisher's "Main Law of Economics" and enables us
to consider the theory of debt crisis.Comment: 48p., 14 figs., 82 refs.; more precise mathematical explanations are
added. arXiv admin note: significant text overlap with arXiv:1111.610
Solution of the Hyperon Puzzle within a Relativistic Mean-Field Model
The equation of state of cold baryonic matter is studied within a
relativistic mean-field model with hadron masses and coupling constants
depending on the scalar field. All hadron masses undergo a universal scaling,
whereas the coupling constants are scaled differently. The appearance of
hyperons in dense neutron star interiors is accounted for, however the equation
of state remains sufficiently stiff if a reduction of the meson mass is
included. Our equation of state matches well the constraints known from
analyses of the astrophysical data and the particle production in heavy-ion
collisions.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures; replaced with the published versio
q-Legendre Transformation: Partition Functions and Quantization of the Boltzmann Constant
In this paper we construct a q-analogue of the Legendre transformation, where
q is a matrix of formal variables defining the phase space braidings between
the coordinates and momenta (the extensive and intensive thermodynamic
observables). Our approach is based on an analogy between the semiclassical
wave functions in quantum mechanics and the quasithermodynamic partition
functions in statistical physics. The basic idea is to go from the
q-Hamilton-Jacobi equation in mechanics to the q-Legendre transformation in
thermodynamics. It is shown, that this requires a non-commutative analogue of
the Planck-Boltzmann constants (hbar and k_B) to be introduced back into the
classical formulae. Being applied to statistical physics, this naturally leads
to an idea to go further and to replace the Boltzmann constant with an infinite
collection of generators of the so-called epoch\'e (bracketing) algebra. The
latter is an infinite dimensional noncommutative algebra recently introduced in
our previous work, which can be perceived as an infinite sequence of
"deformations of deformations" of the Weyl algebra. The generators mentioned
are naturally indexed by planar binary leaf-labelled trees in such a way, that
the trees with a single leaf correspond to the observables of the limiting
thermodynamic system
Quasithermodynamics and a Correction to the Stefan--Boltzmann Law
We provide a correction to the Stefan--Boltzmann law and discuss the problem
of a phase transition from the superfluid state into the normal state.Comment: Latex, 9page
Universal Behavior of One-Dimensional Gapped Antiferromagnets in Staggered Magnetic Field
We study the properties of one-dimensional gapped Heisenberg antiferromagnets
in the presence of an arbitrary strong staggered magnetic field. For these
systems we predict a universal form for the staggered magnetization curve. This
function, as well as the effect the staggered field has on the energy gaps in
longitudinal and transversal excitation spectra, are determined from the
universal form of the effective potential in O(3)-symmetric 1+1--dimensional
field theory. Our theoretical findings are in excellent agreement with recent
neutron scattering data on R_2 Ba Ni O_5 (R = magnetic rare earth) linear-chain
mixed spin antiferromagnets.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
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