{ "id": "cond-mat/9909389", "version": "v1", "published": "1999-09-28T03:59:50.000Z", "updated": "1999-09-28T03:59:50.000Z", "title": "An interpretation of Tsallis statistics based on polydispersity", "authors": [ "Ramandeep S. Johal" ], "comment": "RevTeX, 2 pages, e-mail: raman%phys@puniv.chd.nic.in", "categories": [ "cond-mat.stat-mech" ], "abstract": "It is argued that polydispersed systems like colloids provide a direct example where Tsallis' statistical distribution is useful for describing the heirarchical nature of the system based on particle size.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "1999-09-28T03:59:50.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "tsallis statistics", "interpretation", "polydispersity", "direct example" ], "note": { "typesetting": "RevTeX", "pages": 2, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "1999cond.mat..9389J" } } }