Impact of nonextensivity on the transport coefficients of strongly interacting QCD matter

Abstract

Tsallis nonextensive statistics is applied to study the transport coefficients of strongly interacting matter within the Polyakov chiral SU(3) quark mean field model (PCQMF). Nonextensivity is introduced within the PCQMF model through a dimensionless $q$ parameter to examine the viscous properties such as shear viscosity ($η$), bulk viscosity ($ζ_b$), and conductive properties, including electrical conductivity ($σ_{el}$) and thermal conductivity ($κ$). Additionally, some key thermodynamic quantities relevant to the transport coefficients, like the speed of sound ($c_{sq}^2$) and specific heat at constant volume ($c_{vq}$), are calculated. The temperature dependence of the transport coefficients is explored through a kinetic theory approach with the relaxation time approximation. The results are compared to the extensive case where $q$ approaches 1. The nonextensive $q$ parameter is found to have a significant effect on all transport coefficients. We find that the nonextensive behaviour of the medium enhances both specific shear viscosity $η/s_q$ as well as conductive coefficients $σ_{el}/T$ and $κ/T^2$. In contrast, the normalised bulk viscosity $ζ_b/s_q$ is found to decrease as the nonextensivity of the medium increases. We have also studied the transport coefficients for finite values of chemical potentials. The magnitude of $η$, $σ_{el}$, and $κ$ increases at lower temperatures while $ζ$ is found to decrease for systems with non-zero chemical potential.