A sufficient condition for superstatistics in steady state ensembles

Abstract

In recent years, the theory of superstatistics, which aims to describe non-equilibrium steady state systems, has gained attention due to its different real world applications, highlighting its versatility and concise mathematical formulation in terms of a probability density for the inverse temperature $\beta=1/k_{B}T$. When exploring the domain of application of the superstatistical theory, recent works have shown some necessary conditions for a superstatistical description of a given steady state, in terms of the fundamental and microcanonical inverse temperature. In this work, a new theorem that establishes a sufficient condition for the existence of a superstatistical description of a particular steady state is presented, using the language of moment-generating functions and connecting them with properties of the derivatives of the fundamental inverse temperature.