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Hi everyone,
I understand that the grand-canonical partition function is given by
$$Z = \sum_i e^{-\beta(E_i - \mu N_i)}$$
Is there any interpretation to the quantity ##E_i - \mu N_i## here? In the canonical ensemble this would simply be energy of the ##i##th state, so I suppose this would be "energy" of some kind in the GCE?
Thanks in advance.
I understand that the grand-canonical partition function is given by
$$Z = \sum_i e^{-\beta(E_i - \mu N_i)}$$
Is there any interpretation to the quantity ##E_i - \mu N_i## here? In the canonical ensemble this would simply be energy of the ##i##th state, so I suppose this would be "energy" of some kind in the GCE?
Thanks in advance.