Experimental validation of nonextensive statistical field theory: Applications to manganites

Abstract

In this Letter we validate experimentally the nonextensive statistical field theory, a new general field-theoretic approach introduced recently in the literature. With such an approach, we are capable of computing the critical properties of nonextensive systems undergoing continuous phase transitions, belonging to the new generalized O(N)q universality class. We compare the nonextensive critical indices values evaluated from the theory with those already obtained in literature through experiments for various distinct manganites presenting nonconventional critical behavior. The agreement is satisfactory, whose relative errors are <5% for the most of manganites employed and as better as |1−q|<1 which is the limit of validity of the theory. We present the physical interpretation of the experimental results and of the theory through the general physical interpretation of the q-parameter.