2.4.10 · D1 · Physics › Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics (Advanced) › Canonical ensemble — partition function Z
Ek chhota system jo ek bade warm reservoir ko touch kar raha hai, apni energy fixed nahi rakh sakta — woh constantly chhoti-chhoti amounts lete-deta rehta hai, isliye uski energy kuch average ke aas-paas kaanpti rehti hai. Partition function Z bas har us state ka weighted headcount hai jisme system ho sakta hai , aur jab ek baar yeh single number aapke paas ho, toh differentiation se har thermodynamic quantity nikal aati hai.
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Neeche sab kuch pehli figure ki picture ke baare mein hai: ek chhota system jo ek giant heat bath se juda hua hai, dono milke ek rigid box ke andar sealed hain jo kuch bahar nahi jaane deta.
Definition System vs. reservoir (heat bath)
System woh chhoti cheez hai jiske baare mein hum care karte hain (ek single spin, ek oscillator, N molecules ki ek gas). Reservoir itna bada hai ki thodi si energy dump karne ya nikalne se uska temperature practically nahi badalta. Dono milke isolated hain — total energy locked hai.
Yeh split kyun chahiye? Kyunki fixed temperature wala system woh system hai jise energy swap karne ki permission hai. T fix karna aur E fix karna opposite hain; ek milta hai toh doosra jaata hai.
Microstate system ki ek complete, fully-detailed configuration hai — har position, har spin, har velocity specified. Hum microstates ko i = 1 , 2 , 3 , … se label karte hain.
Ek numbered pigeonholes ki row imagine karo; state i ek specific pigeonhole hai jisme system baithna chahta hai.
Letter i bas ek index hai — ek counter, jaise bachon ko "child 1, child 2" naam dena. Jab baad mein ∑ i dikhega, toh padho "har pigeonhole mein jao aur add karo."
E i — microstate i ki energy
Har microstate i ek definite energy E i carry karta hai. Alag-alag states ki alag-alag energies ho sakti hain; kuch states ek hi energy share bhi kar sakti hain (us sharing ka ek naam hai — neeche g n dekho).
Pigeonholes ko alag-alag unchaiyyon par stacked imagine karo; hole i ki unchai E i hai.
Yeh topic kyun zaroori hai: statistical mechanics ka poora sawaal yahi hai ki system kitni baar har unchai par baithta hai? — aur jawaab sirf unhi unchaiyyon E i aur temperature par depend karega.
T
T (kelvin mein) measure karta hai ki reservoir kitne joron se kaamp raha hai. High T = bahut saari spare energy jo system borrow kar sakta hai; low T = reservoir kaanjoos hai.
Definition Boltzmann constant
k B
k B ≈ 1.38 × 1 0 − 23 J/K temperature (kelvin) aur energy (joules) ke beech ka fixed exchange rate hai. Yeh "degrees" ko "joules per particle" mein convert karta hai. Iske bina, T aur E incompatible units mein rahenge aur kabhi ek hi exponent mein nahi baith sakte.
β (inverse temperature)
β ≡ k B T 1
Bada β = thanda. Chhota β = garam. Iske units 1/ energy hain, isliye product β E i ek pure number hai — jo zaroori hai, kyunki aap sirf pure numbers ko exponentiate kar sakte ho.
β banate hi kyun hain?
Is topic ka har formula k B T E ek saath chahta hai. Ise ek symbol β likhne se algebra clean hoti hai, aur — sabse important — β ke respect mein differentiate karna woh trick hai jo Z se energies kheenchti hai. β ko steepness knob samjho aane wale exponential ke liye.
Boltzmann factor se pehle, aapko exponential function feel karna hoga.
e x aur e − x
e ≈ 2.718 . Function e − x 1 se start hota hai (jab x = 0 ) aur smoothly zero ki taraf decay karta hai jaise x badhta hai — kabhi negative nahi, kabhi flat nahi, hamesha girta.
Ek slide imagine karo jo height 1 se start hoti hai aur neeche swoops karti hai, dheere hoti jaati hai lekin kabhi ground nahi chhuati.
Yahi function kyun aur koi straight line kyun nahi? Kyunki yeh sirf wahi shape hai jo reservoir-counting argument (Section 8) se nikaali jaati hai, aur iska ek magical property hai ki d x d e − x = − e − x : differentiate karne se sirf − 1 se multiply hota hai. Yahi wajah hai ki β -derivatives energies conjure karenge.
Yeh ek weight hai, abhi probability nahi — yeh 1 tak sum nahi karta. Ise theek karna hi agle symbol ka poora kaam hai. In weights ki poori kahani ke liye Boltzmann distribution dekho.
Definition Summation symbol
∑
∑ i f i ka matlab hai "index i ke har value par f i add karo." Agar i 1 , 2 , 3 run kare toh ∑ i f i = f 1 + f 2 + f 3 .
Z ≤ 1 hai kyunki yeh probabilities se bana hai."
Z weights ka sum hai, probability nahi. Yeh typically bahut bada hota hai — roughly kitne states thermally reachable hain uska count hai. Jo cheez ≤ 1 hai woh hai P i = e − β E i / Z .
g n
Aksar bahut saari distinct microstates ek hi energy level E n share karti hain. Us level par states ki count degeneracy g n hai. Phir tum states ki jagah levels par sum kar sakte ho:
Z = ∑ n g n e − β E n .
Imagine karo kai saare pigeonholes sab ek hi height E n par baithay hain; g n count karta hai ki kitne hain.
Ω
Ω ( E ) = ek isolated system ke microstates ki number jo energy E par hain. Reservoir ke liye, Ω R ( E ) yeh hai ki woh kitne taaron se khud ko arrange kar sakta hai energy E hold karte hue. Yahi woh engine hai jiske wajah se Boltzmann factor exponential hai (Section 10). Zyada detail ke liye Microcanonical ensemble mein.
ln
ln x , e x ka inverse hai: yeh jawaab deta hai "e ko kis power par uthane se x milega?" Iska killer feature: yeh products ko sums mein badal deta hai, ln ( ab ) = ln a + ln b . Isliye hum har jagah ln Z lete hain — yeh independent systems ke giant products ko friendly sums mein convert karta hai.
S
S = k B ln Ω
Ek measure ki ek macrostate kitne microstates chhupaata hai — multiplicity ka log. Energy ke saath iska slope temperature define karta hai (agla section).
Definition Partial derivative
∂
∂ x ∂ f woh slope hai f ka jab tum sirf x ko nudge karo, baaki sab variables frozen rakhkar. Curly ∂ (instead of d ) ek reminder hai ki baaki variables still held hain.
Intuition Yeh line poore topic ki keystone kyun hai
Thermodynamics temperature ko define karta hai T 1 = ∂ E ∂ S se: reservoir ko per joule milne par kitna entropy milta hai. Ise S R = k B ln Ω R mein feed karo, chhote E i ke liye Taylor-expand karo, aur reservoir ka state-count exactly e − β E i par collapse ho jaata hai. Woh single expansion hi woh reason hai ki Boltzmann factor exponential hai — parent note ise poori tarah walkthrough karta hai. Baad mein sab kuch (Z , ⟨ E ⟩ , F ) is bridge ke upar bookkeeping hai.
Definition Angle brackets
⟨ ⋅ ⟩
⟨ E ⟩ ka matlab hai probability-weighted average energy: ⟨ E ⟩ = ∑ i E i P i . Yeh woh value hai jo tum actually average par measure karoge, kyunki true energy kaanpti hai.
σ E 2
σ E 2 = ⟨ E 2 ⟩ − ⟨ E ⟩ 2 average ke aas-paas kaampne ki size measure karta hai. Zero variance = energy pinned hai; large variance = wild fluctuations.
C V
C V = ∂ T ∂ ⟨ E ⟩ fixed volume par — system ko ek kelvin garam karne mein kitne joules lagte hain. Yeh topic ek stunning link reveal karta hai, σ E 2 = k B T 2 C V : kaampna aur heating ke response ek hi physics hain. Dekho Heat capacity and fluctuations .
N aur V
N = particles ki number, V = box ka volume. Canonical ensemble mein yeh fixed hain; sirf energy fluctuate karne ke liye free hai. Compare karo Grand canonical ensemble — grand partition function se jahan N bhi float karta hai.
F = − k B T ln Z
Helmholtz free energy — woh single quantity jo Z ko everyday thermodynamics se reconnect karti hai. Isse, S = − ∂ F / ∂ T aur P = − ∂ F / ∂ V . Dekho Helmholtz free energy F .
H aur Planck's constant h
Continuous (classical) systems ke liye, H ( p , q ) woh energy hai jo momenta p aur positions q ke function ke roop mein likhi hai; sum ∑ i is phase space par ek integral ban jaata hai, aur h (Planck's constant) ek "cell" of phase space ka size set karta hai taaki count ek pure number rahe. Iske saath aane wala 1/ N ! Gibbs paradox fix karta hai, aur resulting 2 1 k B T per quadratic term Equipartition theorem hai.
Exponential e to the minus x
Boltzmann weight e to minus beta E
Partition function Z = sum of weights
Average energy and F = minus kB T ln Z
Khud test karo — sirf tab reveal karo jab jawaab de chuko.
Index i kya label karta hai? System ka ek complete microstate (ek fully specified configuration).
β kya hai aur uske units kya hain?β = 1/ ( k B T ) , units inverse energy ke hain, isliye β E i dimensionless hai.
β E i pure number kyun hona chahiye?Kyunki sirf pure numbers exponential e − β E i mein ja sakte hain.
e − x ki shape x ≥ 0 ke liye?1 se start, smoothly 0 ki taraf decay karta hai, kabhi negative nahi, kabhi zero nahi chhuata.
Kya Z ek probability hai? Nahi — yeh weights ka sum hai (ek normalizer); probability hai e − β E i / Z .
∑ i kya karne ka instruction deta hai?Index i ke har value par quantity add karo.
Degeneracy g n kya hai? Distinct microstates ki number jo ek hi energy level E n share karti hain.
ln kya undo karta hai, aur Z par kyun use hota hai?Yeh e x undo karta hai; yeh products (independent systems) ko sums mein badalta hai, aur iska β -derivative energy deta hai.
Temperature ko entropy ke zariye define karo. 1/ T = ∂ S / ∂ E — dali gayi unit energy par reservoir ko milne wali entropy.
Angle brackets ⟨ E ⟩ ka kya matlab hai? Probability-weighted average energy, ∑ i E i P i .
Canonical ensemble mein N fixed kyun hai? Sirf energy fluctuate karti hai; particles aur volume fixed hain (yahi ( N , V , T ) setup hai).
F kya hai aur kyun care karein?F = − k B T ln Z , Helmholtz free energy — Z se classical thermodynamics ka direct bridge.