Chapter 2: Q. 2.32 (page 79)
Find an expression for the entropy of the two-dimensional ideal gas considered in Problem . Express your result in terms of ,and.
Short Answer
The Entropy of the two-dimensional ideal gaas is
Chapter 2: Q. 2.32 (page 79)
Find an expression for the entropy of the two-dimensional ideal gas considered in Problem . Express your result in terms of ,and.
The Entropy of the two-dimensional ideal gaas is
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Suppose you flip fair coins.
(a) How many possible outcomes (microstates) are there?
(b) What is the probability of getting the sequence HTHHTTTHTHHHTHHHHTHT (in exactly that order)?
(c) What is the probability of getting heads and tails (in any order)?
For a single large two-state paramagnet, the multiplicity function is very sharply peaked about .
(a) Use Stirling's approximation to estimate the height of the peak in the multiplicity function.
(b) Use the methods of this section to derive a formula for the multiplicity function in the vicinity of the peak, in terms of . Check that your formula agrees with your answer to part (a) when .
(c) How wide is the peak in the multiplicity function?
(d) Suppose you flip coins. Would you be surprised to obtain heads and 499,000 tails? Would you be surprised to obtain 510,000 heads and 490,000 tails? Explain.
For an Einstein solid with each of the following values of N and q , list all of the possible microstates, count them, and verify formula
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f) anything
(g) N= anything,
Use a computer to produce a table and graph, like those in this section, for the case where one Einstein solid contains oscillators, the other contains oscillators, and there are units of energy in total. What is the most probable macrostate, and what is its probability? What is the least probable macrostate, and what is its probability?
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