Simulated Dark-Matter Halos as a Test of Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics
arXiv:0801.2504 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.77.022106
Abstract
In the framework of nonextensive statistical mechanics, the equilibrium structures of astrophysical self-gravitating systems are stellar polytropes, parameterized by the polytropic index n. By careful comparison to the structures of simulated dark-matter halos we find that the density profiles, as well as other fundamental properties, of stellar polytropes are inconsistent with simulations for any value of n. This result suggests the need to reconsider the applicability of nonextensive statistical mechanics (in its simplest form) to equilibrium self-gravitating systems.
Accepted for publication in Physical Review E
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