Validity of the third law of thermodynamics for the Tsallis entropy

G. Baris Bagci and Thomas Oikonomou
Phys. Rev. E 93, 022112 – Published 8 February 2016

Abstract

Bento et al. [Phys. Rev. E 91, 022105 (2015)] recently stated that the Tsallis entropy violates the third law of thermodynamics for 0<q<1 in the subadditive regime. We first show that the division between the regimes q<1 and q>1 is already inherent in the fundamental incomplete structure of the deformed logarithms and exponentials underlying the Tsallis entropy. Then, we provide the complete deformed functions and show that the Tsallis entropy conforms to the third law of thermodynamics for both superadditive q<1 and subadditive q>1 regimes. Finally, we remark that the Tsallis entropy does not require the use of an escort-averaging scheme once it is expressed in terms of the complete deformed functions.

  • Received 17 November 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.93.022112

©2016 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

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General PhysicsStatistical Physics & Thermodynamics

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G. Baris Bagci*

  • Department of Materials Science and Nanotechnology Engineering, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, 06560 Ankara, Turkey

Thomas Oikonomou

  • Department of Physics, Nazarbayev University, 53 Kabanbay Batyr Avenue, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan

  • *gbb0002@hotmail.com

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Vol. 93, Iss. 2 — February 2016

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