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

Defining 'energy' in micro canonical ensemble

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  • Prasanth Pulinchery,
  • Udayanandan Kandoth Murkoth
Prasanth Pulinchery
Government Engineering College, Thrissur.
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Udayanandan Kandoth Murkoth
Sree Narayana College, Vadakara.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12723/mjs.59.1

Published 2021-10-01

Keywords

  • Mircrocanonical ensemble,
  • Internal energy and quantum harmonic oscillator

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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.

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