# A nonlinear drift which leads to $\kappa$-generalized distributions

**Authors:** Tatsuaki Wada

arXiv: 0907.4584 · 2015-05-13

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel nonlinear drift in a Fokker-Planck system that results in a steady-state distribution described by a $$-generalized Gaussian, featuring non-Gaussian power-law tails.

## Contribution

It presents a new momentum-dependent drift in the Fokker-Planck equation leading to $$-generalized Gaussian steady states, expanding understanding of non-Gaussian distributions.

## Key findings

- Steady-state distribution is a $$-generalized Gaussian.
- The drift coefficient asymptotically decreases as -1/p.
- The resulting distribution has power-law tails.

## Abstract

We consider a system described by a Fokker-Planck equation with a new type of momentum-dependent drift coefficient which asymptotically decreases as $-1/p$ for a large momentum $p$. It is shown that the steady-state of this system is a $\kappa$-generalized Gaussian distribution, which is a non-Gaussian distribution with a power-law tail.

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