2014/02/01 by James F. Lutsko, Lutsko, James F., Jean Pierre Boon +1
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1402.0088
Submitted to EuroPhysics Letters (3 pages)
arxiv created 2014/02/01 · arxiv updated 2014/02/04
In a recent letter (\itEPL, \bf104 (2013) 60003; see also \it arXiv:1309.5645), Plastino and Rocca suggest that the divergences inherent to the formulation of nonextensive statistical mechanics can be eliminated \it via the use of q-Laplace transformation which is illustrated for the case of a kinetic Hamiltonian system, the harmonic oscillator. The suggested new formulation raises questions which are discussed in the present comment.