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A special case of the grand canonical ensemble
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[QUOTE="Ted Ali, post: 6397523, member: 664600"] [B]Homework Statement:[/B] Can we consider the internal energy ##U## constant and only allow for the number of particles ##N## to vary, in the grand canonical ensemble? [B]Relevant Equations:[/B] $$\mu = -T \left(\frac{\partial S}{\partial N}\right)_{U,V} \hspace{1cm} (1)$$ $$\frac{1}{T} = \left(\frac{\partial S}{\partial U} \right) \hspace{1cm} (2)$$ In addition to the homework statement and considering only the case where ##U= constant## and ##N = large## : Can we also consider the definition of chemical potential ##\mu## and temperature ##T## as in equations ##(1)## and ##(2)##, and use them in the grand partition function? More specifically, we can take the case of an Einstein Solid and the Schroeder's definition of internal energy ##U = qhf##. Assuming that ##U## is depending only on a constant number of energy quanta ##q## and allowing only ##N## to vary. Can we use the grand partition function and ##(1), (2)##, for calculating the average value of ##N##? In this case of an Einstein Solid, we also assume that ##N \gg q##. The grand partition function is given by: $$Q_{(\alpha, \beta)} = \sum_{N=0}^{\infty} e^{\alpha N} Z_{N}(\alpha, \beta) \hspace{1cm} (3)$$ And: $$\bar{N} =\left( \frac{\partial\ln{Q}}{\partial \alpha}\right)_\beta \hspace{1cm} (4)$$ Where: $$\beta = \frac{1}{kT} \hspace{1cm} \alpha = \frac{\mu}{kT} \hspace{1cm} (5)$$ $$Z_1 = 1/ (1 - e^{-\frac{hf}{kT}})\hspace{1cm}(6)$$ And: $$Z_N = (Z_1)^N \hspace{1cm}(7)$$ Under the above conditions and equations: $$\mu = -kT\frac{q}{N} = \frac{kT}{1 - e^{hf/kT}}\hspace{1cm} (8)$$ [/QUOTE]
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