Using density of states D(E)=(2s+1)0, which generalizes equation (9-27) to account for multiple allowed spin states (see Exercise 52), the definition Nhω0/(2s+1)=εand N=0N(E)D(E)dE. Solve for Bin distributions (9-32) and (9-33) careful use of ±will cut your work by about half. Then plug back in and show that for a system of simple harmonic oscillators, the distributions become γ(E)BE=1eE/kBT1eδ/kBT1andN(E)FD=1eE/kBTe+δ/kBT1+1.

You will need the following integral:0(Be2±1)1dz=±ln(1±1B).

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BFD=1eε/kBT1BBE=11eε/kBT

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01

Concept used

The Bose-Einstein statistics:

N(E)=1BeE/kBT1

The Fermi-Dirac statistics:

N(E)=1BeE/kBT+1.

02

Write normalization condition 

The normalization condition writes:

N=0N(E)D(E)dE

Where, dE is the energy range, and D(E)is the density of states which in this problem, takes the form:

D(E)=2s+1ω0

Here,N(E) is the occupation number, and depending on the type of particle, follows the form:

N(E)=1BeE/kBT±1,

Let z=EkBT, then we havedz=dEkBTdE=kBTdz.

Performing a change of variables, the integrand becomes a function ofz:

N=2s+1ω00(Bez±1)1(kBTdz)=kBT(2s+1)ω00(Bez±1)1dz

03

Put values into the expression 

Notice that 0(Bez±1)dzisafamiliarintegralwithananalyticalvalueof:

0(Bez±1)dz=±ln(1±1/B)

N=kBT(2s+1)ω0(±ln(1±1/B))=±kBT(2s+1)ω0ln(1±1/B)

04

Solve the expression for fermions 

Solving for B, we thus obtain its expression depending on which type of particle it is. For fermions, BFDis thus:

N=kBT(2s+1)ω0ln(1+1/BFD)ln(1+1/BFD)=Nhω02s+11kBT

Settingε=Nω0/(2s+1)we get:

ln(1+1/BFD)=EkBTeln(1+1/BFD)=eE/kBT1+1/BFD=eE/kBT1BFD=eE/kBT1BFD=1eE/kBT1

05

Solve the expression for bosons

For bosons,BBE is thus:

N=kBT(2s+1)ω0ln(11/BBE)ln(11/BBE)=Nω02s+11kBT

Setting E=Nω0/(2s+1)we get:

ln(11/BFD)=εkBTeln(11/BBE)=eε/kBT11/BBE=eε/kBT1BBE=1eε/kBTBBE=11eε/kBT

06

Calculate the occupation number 

Plugging the expression forBFDinto eq. (3), the occupation number associated with a system of fermionic oscillators having intrinsic spin is thus:

N(E)FD=1eE/kBTeε/kBT1+1

Finally, plugging the expression for BBEinto eq. (3), the occupation number associated with a system of bosonic oscillators having intrinsic spin is thus:

N(E)BE=1eE/kBT1eε/kBT1

BFD=1eε/kBT1BBE=11eε/kBT

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