Statistical Behavior of Finite-Size Partially Equilibrated Systems

Abstract

We examine deviations from Boltzmann-Gibbs statistics for partially equilibrated systems of finite size. We find that such systems are characterized by the Levy distribution whose non-extensivity parameter is related to the number of internally equilibrated subsystems and to correlations among them. This concept is applied to Quark-Gluon Plasma formation.

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