Example 5.6: Maximum of entropy The entropy S (here SMB) and the canonical partition function Z are

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Example 5.6: Maximum of entropy The entropy S (here SMB) and the canonical partition function Z are related as e.g. in Eq. (5.19)

which can be rewritten in the form (with gi = 1)

S = k(lnZ + E/kT), Z=

i e−i/kT, Pi =

1 Z

e−i/kT . (5.61)

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Basics Of Statistical Physics

ISBN: 9789811256097

3rd Edition

Authors: Harald J W Muller-Kirsten

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