An Introduction to Thermal Physics
An Introduction to Thermal Physics
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ISBN: 9780201380279
Author: Daniel V. Schroeder
Publisher: Addison Wesley
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Chapter 7.1, Problem 7P
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The equation of grand free energy.

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Problem 7.3. Consider a system consisting of a single hydrogen atom/ion, which has two possible states: unoccupied (i.e., no electron present) and occupied (i.e., one electron present, in the ground state). Calculate the ratio of the probabilities of these two states, to obtain the Saha equation, already derived in Section 5.6. Treat the electrons as a monatomic ideal gas, for the purpose of determining J-
6.2 Let the "uniform" ensemble of energy E be defined as the ensemble of all systems of the given type with energy less than E. The equivalence between (6.29) and (6.27) means that we should obtain the same thermodynamic functions from the "uniform" ensemble of energy E as from the microcanonical ensemble of energy E. In particular, the internal energy is E in both ensembles. Explain why this seemingly paradoxical result is true.
8.5 Calculate the grand partition function for a system of N noninteracting quantum mechanical harmonic oscillators, all of which have the same natural frequency wn. Do this for the following two cases: (a) Boltzmann statistics (b) Bose statistics.
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