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Volume 121, Number 1, January 2018
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Article Number | 10004 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
Section | General | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/121/10004 | |
Published online | 07 March 2018 |
The effect of heat radiation on the evolution of the Tsallis entropy in self-gravitating systems and plasmas
1 Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Henan Institute of Technology Xinxiang City 453003, China
2 Department of Physics, School of Science, Qiqihar University - Qiqihar City 161006, China
Received: 8 October 2017
Accepted: 19 February 2018
The evolution of the Tsallis entropy in self-gravitating systems and plasmas is studied in this letter, which is determined by two factors. The first factor is the change of the microstate number of systems, whose spontaneous increase leads to the entropy's increase, consistent with the standard text book. The second is the evolution of the nonextensive parameter, whose evolution rate to time is opposite to the one of entropy. We find the correlation between heat radiation and time evolution of the nonextensive parameter in the self-gravitating systems and plasmas. In such systems, the emission of radiation heat leads to the increase of the parameter while the absorption of radiation heat results in the decrease of this parameter. This is consistent with the inference derived from the Clausius' definition of entropy. In order to evolve to the current state, the solar corona should absorb a large amount of radiation heat, which might be originated from the energy released by solar flare. The magnetic connection probably plays a role in the conversion of energy. A correct dynamics theory of magnetic connection should explain how the energy conversion is achieved.
PACS: 05.90.+m – Other topics in statistical physics, thermodynamics, and nonlinear dynamical systems (restricted to new topics in section 05) / 52.25.Kn – Thermodynamics of plasmas / 96.60.Iv – Magnetic reconnection
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