Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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7376333 | Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications | 2018 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
The Fermi-Pasta-Ulam (FPU) one-dimensional Hamiltonian includes a quartic term which guarantees ergodicity of the system in the thermodynamic limit. Consistently, the Boltzmann factor P(ϵ)â¼eâβϵ describes its equilibrium distribution of one-body energies, and its velocity distribution is Maxwellian, i.e., P(v)â¼eâβv2â2. We consider here a generalized system where the quartic coupling constant between sites decays as 1âdijα(αâ¥0;dij=1,2,â¦). Through first-principle molecular dynamics we demonstrate that, for large α (above αâ1), i.e., short-range interactions, Boltzmann statistics (based on the additive entropic functional SB[P(z)]=âkâ«dzP(z)lnP(z)) is verified. However, for small values of α (below αâ1), i.e., long-range interactions, Boltzmann statistics dramatically fails and is replaced by q-statistics (based on the nonadditive entropic functional Sq[P(z)]=k(1ââ«dz[P(z)]q)â(qâ1), with S1=SB). Indeed, the one-body energy distribution is q-exponential, P(ϵ)â¼eqϵâβϵϵâ¡[1+(qϵâ1)βϵϵ]â1â(qϵâ1) with qϵ>1, and its velocity distribution is given by P(v)â¼eqvâβvv2â2 with qv>1. Moreover, within small error bars, we verify qϵ=qv=q, which decreases from an extrapolated value qâ5â3 to q=1 when α increases from zero to αâ1, and remains q=1 thereafter.
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Authors
Debarshee Bagchi, Constantino Tsallis,