Kappa statistical distribution

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  • Kappa Statistical Distribution
definition
  • A probability distribution that was developed to describe two-population particle systems (e.g., space plasmas) that combine a classic Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution of velocities in the low-energy band with the power-law distribution of high-energy population velocities; resulting formalism applies well to complex particle systems tending to stationary states out of thermal equilibrium
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