Nonextensive thermo statistical investigation of the blackbody radiation

Thermodynamical quantities of the blackbody radiation such as free energy, entropy, total radiation energy, specific heat are calculated within the Tsallis thermostatistics where factorization method is incorporated. It is shown that basic thermodynamical relation of the blackbody radiation is form invariant with respect to the nonextensivity entropic index q. Furthermore, the nonextensive thermodynamical quantities related to the blackbody radiation are separately obtained in terms of q and the standard thermodynamical quantities of the blackbody radiation. It is indicated that the formulation may give a way to determine q which determines the degree of the nonextensivity that is one of the aims of the present study. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.