3) Consider a system consisting of one particle with two states, one of energy 0 and one of energy +ɛ. a) Write down the partition function Z for this system. b) Show that the average energy for this system can be written as Derive an expression for the entropy S. d) Derive an approximate expression for the entropy in the high-temperature limit. e) Derive an approximate expression for the entropy in the low-temperature limit.

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3) Consider a system consisting of one particle with two states, one of energy 0 and one of
energy +ɛ.
a)
Write down the partition function Z for this system.
b)
Show that the average energy for this system can be written as
Transcribed Image Text:3) Consider a system consisting of one particle with two states, one of energy 0 and one of energy +ɛ. a) Write down the partition function Z for this system. b) Show that the average energy for this system can be written as
Derive an expression for the entropy S.
d)
Derive an approximate expression for the entropy in the high-temperature limit.
e)
Derive an approximate expression for the entropy in the low-temperature limit.
Transcribed Image Text:Derive an expression for the entropy S. d) Derive an approximate expression for the entropy in the high-temperature limit. e) Derive an approximate expression for the entropy in the low-temperature limit.
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