Statistical Mechanics · Problem 3.37

The Grand Canonical Ensemble — R. K. Pathria

Physics — Statistical Mechanics · curie-constant-high-temperature

Problem

Evaluating the high-temperature approximation of the partition function of a system of magnetic dipoles, show that the Curie constant CJC_J is given by CJ=N0g2μB2k m2.C_J = \frac{N_0 g^2 \mu_B^2}{k}\, \text{m}^2. Hence derive the formula (3.9.26).

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