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3 Formulations of Stat Physics

The document discusses three formulations of statistical physics: microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical. The microcanonical formulation describes an isolated system with fixed energy, volume, and particle number where temperature fluctuates. The canonical formulation describes a system in contact with a heat bath at fixed temperature, volume, and particle number where energy fluctuates. The grand canonical formulation describes a system that can exchange both energy and particles with a reservoir at fixed temperature, volume, and chemical potential where both energy and particle number fluctuate.

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3 Formulations of Stat Physics

The document discusses three formulations of statistical physics: microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical. The microcanonical formulation describes an isolated system with fixed energy, volume, and particle number where temperature fluctuates. The canonical formulation describes a system in contact with a heat bath at fixed temperature, volume, and particle number where energy fluctuates. The grand canonical formulation describes a system that can exchange both energy and particles with a reservoir at fixed temperature, volume, and chemical potential where both energy and particle number fluctuate.

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3 FORMULATIONS OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS

STATISTICAL (PROBABILITY)

ENSEMBLE MACROSTATE

THERMODYNAMIC

Micro Canonical

E, V, N (T fluctuates)

1 Pr

S (E, V, N) = k ln

Canonical

T, V, N (E fluctuates) fl )

Pr

e Er
Z

kT

F (T, V, N) = - kT lnZ

Grand Canonical

T, V, PNr (E, N fluctuate)

e( ENr N ) kT
Z

(T, V, ) = - kT lnZ

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