Accession Number:

ADA551098

Title:

Chemical Potential of One-Dimensional Simple Harmonic Oscillators

Descriptive Note:

Journal article

Corporate Author:

NAVAL ACADEMY ANNAPOLIS MD

Personal Author(s):

• Mungan, Carl E.

Report Date:

2009-08-03

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

Expressions for the chemical potential of an Einstein solid, and of ideal Fermi and Bose gases in an external one-dimensional oscillatory trap, are calculated by two different methods and are all found to share the same functional form. These derivations are easier than traditional textbook calculations for an ideal gas in an infinite three-dimensional square well. Furthermore, the results indicate some important features of chemical potential that could promote student learning in an introductory course in statistical mechanics at the undergraduate level.

Descriptors:

• *HARMONIC GENERATORS
• FERMI SURFACES
• MECHANICS
• ONE DIMENSIONAL
• OSCILLATION
• REPRINTS
• THERMODYNAMICS

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE