Title: Single-particle energy and velocity distributions for finite simple systems in the microcanonical ensemble
Abstract:The probability distribution for the energy (velocity) of a particle in the microcanonical ensemble is obtained for some simple systems. Although in the thermodynamic limit the distribution has the we...The probability distribution for the energy (velocity) of a particle in the microcanonical ensemble is obtained for some simple systems. Although in the thermodynamic limit the distribution has the well-known Boltzmann (Maxwell-Boltzmann) form (characteristic of the canonical ensemble), for finite systems this is not the case. This fact is important in the analysis of the results obtained from pedagogical computer simulations with a very small number of particles and constant total energy (i.e. simulations that generate the microcanonical ensemble).Read More
Publication Year: 1993
Publication Date: 1993-07-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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