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Statistical mechanics in quantum theory: counting states
References: Griffiths, David J. (2005), Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 2nd Edition; Pearson Education – Problem 5.22. In statistical mechanics the central assumption is that all states with a given...
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Statistical mechanics in quantum theory: energy probabilities
References: Griffiths, David J. (2005), Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 2nd Edition; Pearson Education – Problem 5.23. In quantum statistical mechanics, we can work out the probability that a...
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Statistical mechanics in quantum theory: counting states, general case
References: Griffiths, David J. (2005), Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 2nd Edition; Pearson Education – Problem 5.24. Our first look at counting states available to particles assumed that each...
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Statistical mechanics in quantum theory: counting boson states
References: Griffiths, David J. (2005), Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 2nd Edition; Pearson Education – Problem 5.25. When working out the number of possible configurations in which identical...
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Statistical mechanics in quantum theory: most probable state
References: Griffiths, David J. (2005), Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 2nd Edition; Pearson Education – Problems 5.26 & 5.27. We’ve seen the number of possible configurations in which particles...
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Statistical mechanics in quantum theory: most probable state for fermions
References: Griffiths, David J. (2005), Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 2nd Edition; Pearson Education – Problem 5.28. We’ve seen how to derive the number of particles in each energy state when the...
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Statistical mechanics in quantum theory: Bose condensation
References: Griffiths, David J. (2005), Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 2nd Edition; Pearson Education – Problem 5.29. We’ve seen the distribution of particles for the most probable state in the...
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Statistical mechanics in quantum theory: 3-d harmonic oscillator
References: Griffiths, David J. (2005), Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, 2nd Edition; Pearson Education – Problem 5.37. Here’s another example of working out the energy of a collection of particles....
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