Equilibrium Statistical Operator for Grand Canonical Ensemble

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Petar Mali
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Canonical ensemble

equilibrium average value

[tex]\left\langle...\right\rangle_0=Q^{-1}Tr(e^{-\beta \hat{H}_0}...)[/tex]

[tex]\hat{\rho}_0=Q^{-1}e^{-\beta \hat{H}_0}[/tex]

Grand canonical ensemble

[tex]\left\langle...\right\rangle_0=Q^{-1}Tr(e^{-\beta (\hat{H}_0-\mu\hat{N})}...)[/tex]

for example let's say

[tex]\hat{\mathcal{H}}_0=\hat{H}_0-\mu\hat{N}[/tex]

Can I say that the equilibrium statistical operator

[tex]\hat{\rho}_0=Q^{-1}e^{-\beta (\hat{H}_0-\mu\hat{N})}=Q^{-1}e^{-\beta \hat{\mathcal{H}}_0 }[/tex]
 
Generally my question is about this ''[tex]0[/tex]'' terms. Do I need to write this?