The entropy in finite NN-unit nonextensive systems: the ordinary average and qq-average

We have discussed the Tsallis entropy in finite $N$-unit nonextensive systems, by using the multivariate $q$-Gaussian probability distribution functions (PDFs) derived by the maximum entropy methods with the normal average and the $q$-average ($q$: the entropic index). The Tsallis entropy obtained by the $q$-average has an exponential $N$ dependence: $S_q^{(N)}/N \simeq \:e^{(1-q)N \:S_1^{(1)}}$ for large $N$ ($\gg \frac{1}{(1-q)} >0$). In contrast, the Tsallis entropy obtained by the normal average is given by $S_q^{(N)}/N \simeq [1/(q-1)N]$ for large $N$ ($\gg \frac{1}{(q-1)} > 0)$. $N$ dependences of the Tsallis entropy obtained by the $q$- and normal averages are generally quite different, although the both results are in fairly good agreement for $\vert q-1 \vert \ll 1.0$. The validity of the factorization approximation to PDFs which has been commonly adopted in the literature, has been examined. We have calculated correlations defined by $C_m= \langle (\delta x_i \:\delta x_j)^m \rangle -\langle (\delta x_i)^m \rangle\: \langle (\delta x_j)^m \rangle$ for $i \neq j$ where $\delta x_i=x_i -\langle x_i \rangle$, and the bracket $\langle \cdot \rangle$ stands for the normal and $q$-averages. The first-order correlation ($m=1$) expresses the intrinsic correlation and higher-order correlations with $m \geq 2$ include nonextensivity-induced correlation, whose physical origin is elucidated in the superstatistics.Comment: 23 pages, 5 figures: the final version accepted in J. Math. Phy

Recombination kinetics of a dense electron-hole plasma in strontium titanate

We investigated the nanosecond-scale time decay of the blue-green light emitted by nominally pure SrTiO$_3$ following the absorption of an intense picosecond laser pulse generating a high density of electron-hole pairs. Two independent components are identified in the fluorescence signal that show a different dynamics with varying excitation intensity, and which can be respectively modeled as a bimolecular and unimolecolar process. An interpretation of the observed recombination kinetics in terms of interacting electron and hole polarons is proposed

Specific heat and entropy of NN-body nonextensive systems

We have studied finite $N$-body $D$-dimensional nonextensive ideal gases and harmonic oscillators, by using the maximum-entropy methods with the $q$- and normal averages ($q$: the entropic index). The validity range, specific heat and Tsallis entropy obtained by the two average methods are compared. Validity ranges of the $q$- and normal averages are $0 q_L$, respectively, where $q_U=1+(\eta DN)^{-1}$, $q_L=1-(\eta DN+1)^{-1}$ and $\eta=1/2$ ($\eta=1$) for ideal gases (harmonic oscillators). The energy and specific heat in the $q$- and normal averages coincide with those in the Boltzmann-Gibbs statistics, % independently of $q$, although this coincidence does not hold for the fluctuation of energy. The Tsallis entropy for $N |q-1| \gg 1$ obtained by the $q$-average is quite different from that derived by the normal average, despite a fairly good agreement of the two results for $|q-1 | \ll 1$. It has been pointed out that first-principles approaches previously proposed in the superstatistics yield $additive$ $N$-body entropy ($S^{(N)}= N S^{(1)}$) which is in contrast with the $nonadditive$ Tsallis entropy.Comment: 27 pages, 8 figures: augmented the tex

Violation of Bell-like Inequality for spin-energy entanglement in neutron polarimetry

Violation of a Bell-like inequality for a spin-energy entangled neutron state has been confirmed in a polarimetric experiment. The proposed inequality, in Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt (CHSH) formalism, relies on correlations between the spin and energy degree of freedom in a single-neutron system. The entangled states are generated utilizing a suitable combination of two radio-frequency fields in a neutron polarimeter setup. The correlation function S is determined to be 2.333+/-0.005, which violates the Bell-like CHSH inequality by more than 66 standard deviations.Comment: 4 pages 2 figure

Quasi Markovian behavior in mixing maps

We consider the time dependent probability distribution of a coarse grained observable Y whose evolution is governed by a discrete time map. If the map is mixing, the time dependent one-step transition probabilities converge in the long time limit to yield an ergodic stochastic matrix. The stationary distribution of this matrix is identical to the asymptotic distribution of Y under the exact dynamics. The nth time iterate of the baker map is explicitly computed and used to compare the time evolution of the occupation probabilities with those of the approximating Markov chain. The convergence is found to be at least exponentially fast for all rectangular partitions with Lebesgue measure. In particular, uniform rectangles form a Markov partition for which we find exact agreement.Comment: 16 pages, 1 figure, uses elsart.sty, to be published in Physica D Special Issue on Predictability: Quantifying Uncertainty in Models of Complex Phenomen