q-Gaussian Tsallis Line Shapes and Raman Spectral Bands

International journal of sciences Pub Date : 2023-03-19 DOI:10.18483/ijsci.2671

Amelia Carolina Sparavigna

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q-Gaussians are probability distributions having their origin in the framework of Tsallis statistics. A continuous real parameter q is characterizing them so that, in the range 1

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