Entropic nonadditivity, H theorem, and nonlinear Klein-Kramers equations

M. A. F. dos Santos and E. K. Lenzi
Phys. Rev. E 96, 052109 – Published 6 November 2017

Abstract

We use the H theorem to establish the entropy and the entropic additivity law for a system composed of subsystems, with the dynamics governed by the Klein-Kramers equations, by considering relations among the dynamics of these subsystems and their entropies. We start considering the subsystems governed by linear Klein-Kramers equations and verify that the Boltzmann-Gibbs entropy is appropriated to this dynamics, leading us to the standard entropic additivity, SBG(12)=SBG1+SBG2, consistent with the fact that the distributions of the subsystem are independent. We then extend the dynamics of these subsystems to independent nonlinear Klein-Kramers equations. For this case, the results show that the H theorem is verified for a generalized entropy, which does not preserve the standard entropic additivity for independent distributions. In this scenario, consistent results are obtained when a suitable coupling among the nonlinear Klein-Kramers equations is considered, in which each subsystem modifies the other until an equilibrium state is reached. This dynamics, for the subsystems, results in the Tsallis entropy for the system and, consequently, verifies the relation Sq(12)=Sq1+Sq2+(1q)Sq1Sq2/k, which is a nonadditive entropic relation.

  • Received 13 September 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.96.052109

©2017 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Statistical Physics & Thermodynamics

Authors & Affiliations

M. A. F. dos Santos1 and E. K. Lenzi1,2,*

  • 1Departamento de Física, Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Av. General Carlos Cavalcanti, 4748, Ponta Grossa, PR 87030-900, Brazil
  • 2National Institute of Science and Technology for Complex Systems, Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas, Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud 150, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22290-180, Brazil

  • *eklenzi@uepg.br

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Vol. 96, Iss. 5 — November 2017

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