The classical limit for quite general partition functions is obtained using coherent states. In this framework a general procedure is presented to obtain all the quantum corrections to the classical limit. In particular, the first- and second-order corrections are worked out explicitly, and the...

In a comparative study, the q-exponential and Weibull distributions are employed to investigate frequency distributions of basketball baskets, cyclone victims, brand-name drugs by retail sales, and highway length. In order to analyze the intermediate cases, a distribution, the q-Weibull one,...

In the context of nonextensive Tsallis statistics, sensible examples are employed in order to compare the variational method proposed in Phys. Rev. Lett. 80 (1998) 218 with the one in J. Phys. A 26 (1993) L893. These examples are such that they can be solved exactly. Thus, a comparison of the...

Feynman's path integral is herein generalized to the nonextensive canonical density matrix based on Tsallis entropy. This generalization is done in two ways by using unnormalized and normalized constraints. Firstly, we consider the path integral formulation with unnormalized constraints, and...

We analyse a N-dimensional anisotropic nonlinear Fokker–Planck equation by considering stationary and time-dependent solutions. The stationary solutions are obtained for very general situations, including those when the diffusion coefficients are spatial dependents. Time-dependent solutions...

We obtain new exact classes of solutions for the nonlinear fractional Fokker–Planck-like equation ∂tρ=∂x{D(x)∂μ−1xρν−F(x)ρ} by considering a diffusion coefficient D=D|x|−θ(θ∈R and D0) and a drift force F=−k1x+k̄γx|x|γ−1(k1,k̄γ,γ∈R). Connection with nonextensive...

We describe a percolation based model for the dielectric breakdown of metal-oxide-semiconductor capacitors where the dielectric constant varies randomly throughout the oxide layer. We consider the SiO2 oxide within a rectangular lattice framework, and the breakdown is simulated as a cluster...

The dispersion relation and localization profile of confined optical phonon modes in quasiperiodic structures, made up of nitride semiconductor materials, are analyzed through a transfer-matrix approach. The quasiperiodic structures are characterized by the nature of their Fourier spectrum,...