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Journal of Quanzhou Normal University

Joule-Thomson Effect of Fermi Gas

Pan Yu

Published Jan 1, 2002• 0 citations
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Abstract

Using the characteristics of Fermi integral function and the theory of thermodynamics, an analytical expression of Joule Thomson effect (JTE) of ideal Fermi gas is derived. The properties of Joule Thomson coefficient and the specific heat at constant pressure of ideal Fermi gas in low temperature are discussed. The contribution of purely quantum nature of system on JTE is examined. It shows that JTE is negative.

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The properties of an ideal Fermi gas in an external potential in any dimensional space are studied, based on the semiclassical (Thomas-Fermi) approximation. The general analytical expressions of the total particle number N,N,N, density of states $D(\ensuremath{\varepsilon}),$ Fermi energy EF,{E}_{F},EF​, total energy E,E,E, and heat capacity CCC have been derived, where N,N,N, E,E,E, and CCC are expressed by the Fermi integration. Moreover, the analytical expressions of the total energy E,E,E, chemical potential \ensuremath{\mu}, and heat capacity CCC in the high- and low-temperature approximations are given. From these results, how the characteristics of the Fermi gas depend on an external potential and the dimension of space is discussed.
The analytical expressions of the Joule-Thomson coefficient for homogeneous and harmonically trapped three-dimensional ideal anyons which obey Haldane fractional exclusion statistics are derived. For an ideal Fermi gas, the Joule-Thomson coefficient is negative, which means that there is no maximum Joule-Thomson inversion temperature. With careful study, it is found that there exists a Joule-Thomson inversion temperature in the fractional exclusion statistics model. Furthermore, the relations between the Joule-Thomson inversion temperature and the statistical parameter g are investigated.