. . • . ~ Q ual R ev ie w , Mee tin g 1: Cla ssical Th erm o'dyn am ics 1. n mol es of an idea l mon ato mic gas , ini tia lly at vol ume v a and temperature To, are encl ose d in a cylin der of c ros s sec tio nal are a A by a ti ght fi tt ing, fr ic ti onle ss pl unge r of mass "M, as shown. The sys tem is in a grav ita tio nal fie ld g. A pi ece of h ot me ta l at tem- perature T1 > To wit h hea t cap aci ty Cis gently pla <;e d in swee t the rmal contact with the cylin der. The sys tem is the rma lly iso lat ed and qua sis~tical ly rea che s a new th ermody namic equ ili bri um. l a. What is the fin al tempe rat ure Tfof th e syst em? l b . Wh at is t he to ta l ch an ge in entr op y of th e sy stem? (You can leave you r "a nswer in terms ofTf), Ie. What is ~h~;'wor k do ne on (or by - spe~if y which) the ga s? "( Youca n 'st ill lea ve you r answer in ter ms ofTf) , :" An\ . ~ 1 ~ 1 k s e - + " p f o / " P r o b / e . . . j.. , 2. Suppos e that in a ce rt ai n ra nge of temper atur e, wh en a ro d is str etc hed a dis tan ce x be yond it s na tura l le ngth, the rod exerts a force given by F=.: - ~(i. e. a temper ature- modif ied Hooke an force) where Tis t he temper atu re (in Kelv in) and A is a c onstant. 2a .Wha t is the fundamenta l ther modynamic relati onship be - twee n the inter nal ener gy E, the entr opy S, and the for ce F? 2b. Fin d an ex pre ssion for (~;)T in te rms of A , x, and 7 " 2c. Find an exp~e ssion fo r (~ ~ )T in te rms of A, x~'and T. 2d. What is the change in the inte rnal energy of the rod when it is st re tche d at cons ta nt te mp er at ur e an amount X obey ond its natu ral leng th ? 1
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la. ~=aT 4, where a is some constant, T is the temperature, U is
the internal energy, and V is the volume of the system.
lb. p =k ~ , where p isthe pressure.
lc. Find the adiabatic equation of state for this photon gas.
2. "The Law" A zipper has N > > 1 links. EaCh link has twostates: state 1, in which it is closed and .has energy 0, and state 2,in which it is open with energy €. The zipper can only unzip from
the left end and the 8th link can'not open unless all the links to itsleft (1,2, ..., 8 - 1) are already open.
2a. Find the partition function for the zipper ..
2b. Find the mean number of open links. Evaluate your result inboth the high and low temperature limits.
3. "The Heartbreaker" Consider a system of N non-interacting
quantum mechanical osdllators in equilibrium at temperature T.
The energy levels of a single oscillator are given by Em =( m +~)~,where A is a constant and the volume V is one-dimensional. You
may assume the oscillators are distinguishable.
ga. Find U and C v as functions of T.
3b. Determine the equation of state for the system.
3c. What is the average number of p~rticles in the mth level?
4. "The Boss" Two dipoles, with dipole moments M1 and
M2, are held apart at a separation R, but are allowed to rotatefreely. They are in thermal equilibrium with the environment at
temperature T. Compute the meanforce F between the dipoles for.
the high temperature limit ~t~j « 1. (Hint: the potential energy
between two dipoles is
i f > = 3(M1 • R)(M2 • R) - (MI' M2)R2
)
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5. "The Non-Interacting Isin~ Model" Consider a systemof N identical non-interacting spin 1/2 magnetic ions with magneticmoment J . L o in a crystal attemperature T in a magnetic fieldH. Forthis system calculate:5a. The partition function Z.
5b. The entropy S.5c. The average energy U. .5d. The average magnetic moment M and the fluctuations in the
magnetic moment, b..M =J «(M - (M ))2 ).
5e. The crystal is initially in thermal equilibrium with a reservoirat T =1 K in a magnetic field, Hi =10, 000 G. The crystal is
then thermally isolated from the reservoir (and everything else inthe known universe) and the field is then reduced to HI =100 G.What happens to the temperature of the crystal?