Suprathermal particle distributions in space physics: Kappa distributions and entropy

DOI10.1007/S10509-007-9679-1MaRDI QIDQ2471041zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Bernie D. Shizgal

Publication date 18 February 2008

Published in Astrophysics and Space Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-007-9679-1

zbMATH Keywords

Fokker-Planck equationKappa distributionNonextensive entropyWave-particle interactions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galactic and stellar structure (85A15) Statistical astronomy (85A35)

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