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Assemblies of Imperfect Gases by the method of Partition Functions
| Content Provider | Scilit |
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| Author | Fowler, R. H. |
| Copyright Year | 1925 |
| Description | In a recent series of papers analytical methods have been introduced which allow of a mathematically simple treatment of the theorems of statistical mechanics for the usual assemblies of isolated or effectively isolated systems. By this we mean that the individual component systems may be treated for energy content as if they were never interfered with. It is only then that energy can be assigned to systems rather than to the assembly as a whole, and it is on this partition of energy among the systems that the analysis is based. When this independence, for example between separate atoms, breaks down as in a molecule, and still more in a crystal, we can take the whole complex to be a system. The analysis will still apply, and if we can formulate the dynamical motions of the complex system, we can still make progress. The essential step for any system is to construct its partition function. Examples of such constructions for molecules and crystals will be found in the papers quoted, and are of course otherwise well known. |
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| Ending Page | 885 |
| Page Count | 25 |
| Starting Page | 861 |
| ISSN | 03050041 |
| e-ISSN | 14698064 |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0305004100014481 |
| Journal | Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Volume Number | 22 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) |
| Publisher Date | 1925-11-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society Condensed Matter Physics Partition Function |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Mathematics |
