{
  "id": "0810.1072",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2008-10-06T22:26:09.000Z",
  "updated": "2008-10-26T21:53:29.000Z",
  "title": "Nonextensive Entropy, Prior PDFs and Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking",
  "authors": [
    "Fariel Shafee"
  ],
  "comment": "Some typos and confusing lines have been fixed",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "nlin.AO",
    "physics.data-an"
  ],
  "abstract": "We show that using nonextensive entropy can lead to spontaneous symmetry breaking when a parameter changes its value from that applicable for a symmetric domain, as in field theory. We give the physical reasons and also show that even for symmetric Dirichlet priors, such a defnition of the entropy and the parameter value can lead to asymmetry when entropy is maximized.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2008-10-26T21:53:29.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "spontaneous symmetry breaking",
      "nonextensive entropy",
      "prior pdfs",
      "symmetric dirichlet priors",
      "parameter changes"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 798923,
      "adsabs": "2008arXiv0810.1072S"
    }
  }
}