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I'm really lost on where to get started here. It's a two state system, one with energy 0 and the other with energy ε. I already have ensemble average, <E>, found to be:
ε / (e^βε + 1) , where β is thermodynamic beta, 1/KbT.
How do I convert this to an expression for the variance of the energy?
A more complete description of the problem can be found http://books.google.com/books?id=z6...in+thermal+physics&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false", on the top half of page 41:
I've already found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partit...chanics)#Relation_to_thermodynamic_variables" explanation, but I'm not connecting how it could be applied to this example:
Please, can anyone point me in the right direction?
ε / (e^βε + 1) , where β is thermodynamic beta, 1/KbT.
How do I convert this to an expression for the variance of the energy?
A more complete description of the problem can be found http://books.google.com/books?id=z6...in+thermal+physics&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false", on the top half of page 41:
I've already found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partit...chanics)#Relation_to_thermodynamic_variables" explanation, but I'm not connecting how it could be applied to this example:
Please, can anyone point me in the right direction?
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