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Quantum Statistics and Coherent Access Hypothesis

N. G. de Almeida

Published Feb 22, 2012• 0 citations

Abstract

The properties of quantum systems at equilibrium are mainly displayed by the very nature ofthe particles involved. As for example, distinguishable particles behave in a quite differentmanner of indistinguishable bosons, which in turns behave very different from the alsoindistinguishable fermions. Among the standard methods of statistical mechanics to handlewithquantumsystemsatequilibriumisincludedthewayofcountingtheaccessiblestatestoagivenparticle(1). Thus,thethermodynamicalprobability Ω comprisingthesetofpossibilitiesfor a system of N particles to populate the available states will depend on the type of particlebeing considered, as shown in Table 1. The method for calculating Ω consists in supposingthe existence of a number of energy levels, labeled by and index

DOI: 10.5772/34197

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