Harmonic oscillator partition function

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tonysilva
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Well what is the partition function of harmonic oscillator with this energy
E=hw(n+1/2) , n=1,3,5,...

Z=e^(-BE) right?

B=1/KT^2

How to expand this?

Thank you.
 
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tonysilva said:
Z=e^(-BE) right?
Wrong.

[itex]Z={\sum}_{i}e^{-\beta E_i}[/itex]
 
And [itex]\beta = 1/kT[/itex].