An Introduction to Thermal Physics
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Chapter 6.1, Problem 4P
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Partition function and probability of the system being in its ground state.
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Consider a classical particle moving in a one-dimensional potential well u(x), as shown in Figure 6.10 (attached). The particle is in thermal equilibrium with a reservoir at temperature so the probabilities of its various states are determined by Boltzmann statistics.
A particle confined in a region of length L has a wave function
being a superposition of two counter-propagating de-Broglie waves:
(x) = C(ekz + ue¬ikz).
Here a = a1+ia2 = ao exp(ip) is a complex constant, where ao = Vaf + a
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Calculate:
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2. The probability density to find a particle at the position r.
3. The probability current density J(r) as a function of k, ao and p.
PROBLEM 2 Calculate the probability distribution of momenta p for a ld
oscillator in the ground state (n = 0). Calculate the mean square dispersions
(x2), (p²), and the product (r2)(p²).
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An Introduction to Thermal Physics
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