A quantum mechanical particle moving in one dimension between impenetrable barriers has energy levels ϵ,4ϵ,9ϵ,...ϵ, 4⁢ϵ, 9⁢ϵ, ... , that is En=ϵn2En=ϵ n2 . Suppose that ϵ=0.035eVϵ⁢ =0.035⁢     eV for a certain such quantum system. What is the probability (as a percent) that such a system will be in its ground state when it is in contact with a reservoir at room temperature?    The probability that the system will be in its ground state when it is in contact with a reservoir at room temperature is

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A quantum mechanical particle moving in one dimension between impenetrable barriers has energy levels ϵ,4ϵ,9ϵ,...ϵ, 4⁢ϵ, 9⁢ϵ, ... , that is En=ϵn2En=ϵ n2 . Suppose that ϵ=0.035eVϵ⁢ =0.035⁢     eV for a certain such quantum system. What is the probability (as a percent) that such a system will be in its ground state when it is in contact with a reservoir at room temperature? 

 

The probability that the system will be in its ground state when it is in contact with a reservoir at room temperature is 

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