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Gamow Temperature in Tsallis and Kaniadakis Statistics
Hooman Moradpour1, Mohsen Javaherian1, Ebrahim Namvar1
1Research Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics of Maragha (RIAAM), University of Maragheh, Maragheh P.O. Box 55136-553, Iran.
Abstract:
Relying on the quantum tunnelling concept and Maxwell-Boltzmann-Gibbs statistics, Gamow shows that the star-burning process happens at temperatures comparable to a critical value, called the Gamow temperature (T) and less than the prediction of the classical framework. In order to highlight the role of the equipartition theorem in the Gamow argument, a thermal length scale is defined, and then the effects of non-extensivity on the Gamow temperature have been investigated by focusing on the Tsallis and Kaniadakis statistics. The results attest that while the Gamow temperature decreases in the framework of Kaniadakis statistics, it can be bigger or smaller than T when Tsallis statistics are employed.
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