Defining 'energy' in micro canonical ensemble

Authors

  • Prasanth Pulinchery Government Engineering College, Thrissur.
  • Udayanandan Kandoth Murkoth Sree Narayana College, Vadakara.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12723/mjs.59.1

Keywords:

Mircrocanonical ensemble, Internal energy and quantum harmonic oscillator

Abstract

The micro canonical ensemble (MCE) represents an isolated system having fixed energy. The nature of energy in MCE is always a subject of discussion. In this paper we are distinguishing the energy possessed by the system and the energy offered by the system for measurement in MCE. This we hope will help the learners of statistical mechanics to have a more understanding of MCE.

Author Biographies

Prasanth Pulinchery, Government Engineering College, Thrissur.

Department of Physics, Government Engineering College, Thrissur, Kerala, India.

Udayanandan Kandoth Murkoth, Sree Narayana College, Vadakara.

Department of Physics, Sree Narayana College, Vadakara, Kerala, India.

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Additional Files

Published

2021-10-01

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 4 (2021): Mapana Journal of Sciences

Section

Research Articles

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