Beyond Boltzmann: The Potential Energy Distribution of Objects in the Atmosphere [CL]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2001.02081


Estimates of the number and potential energy of molecules, aerosols, cloud droplets, insects, birds, planes and satellites in the atmosphere yield a distribution which is for potential energies below 10^2 kBT described by the Boltzmann distribution, but for the range from 10^2 kBT to 10^33 kBT by a power law with an exponent of approximately -1. An explanation for this surprising behavior is not found.

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H. Hess
Wed, 8 Jan 20
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Comments: 2 pages, 1 figure