Name: Obtaining Tsallis entropy at the onset of chaos
Description: Dr Alberto Robledo aims to find the circumstances for the validity of Tsallis entropy, as well as its range of applicability.

Tsallis entropy aims to extend traditional statistical mechanics, but some physicists believe the theory is incompatible with the fundamental principles of thermodynamics. Dr Alberto Robledo of Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) shows for the first time how Tsallis entropy can explain natural phenomena that turn out to be surprisingly linked to the transitions from regular to […]