https://gdpark.blog/tags/grand-canonical-ensemble/Recent content in Grand Canonical Ensemble on gdpark.blogHugoenTue, 21 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-40-the-grand-canonical-ensemble/Sun, 01 May 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-40-the-grand-canonical-ensemble/Chapter 22 extends our model to allow particle exchange alongside energy flow, diving into the grand canonical ensemble where both energy and particle number can fluctuate.https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-42-grand-potential/Sun, 19 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-42-grand-potential/We define the grand potential Φ_G = -k_BT·ln(Z_G) by building on how F works in the canonical ensemble — because the partition function holds all the power, hehehe!https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-45-chemical-potential-of-photons/Tue, 21 Jun 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://gdpark.blog/posts/thermal-statistical-45-chemical-potential-of-photons/Turns out when a system doesn’t conserve particle number — like photons — the chemical potential just goes to zero at equilibrium, and that’s actually a huge deal!!